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A35003 The third and last volume of the sermons of Mr. Stephen Crisp late of Colchester Essex, deceased containing XII declarations upon several divine subjects : exactly taken in short-hand as they were deliver'd by him at the publick meeting-houses of the people called Quakers ... and now faithfully transcribed and published : with some of his prayers after sermon. Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692. 1694 (1694) Wing C6943; ESTC R26073 139,372 264

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