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A96416 Joshua's resolution; or the duties of houshold-governours discoursed of, and fairly stated; their failures therein mildly consider'd, and without favour or affection impartially weighed. The subject suited to the capacities of tamworth auditory, and preached there, and elsewhere, by John Wagstaffe, A.M. and rector of Little Wenlock, in Shropshire. Wagstaffe, John, rector of Little Wenlock. 1684 (1684) Wing W199B; ESTC R186141 18,928 34

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