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A49708 The daily office of a Christian being the devotions of the most Reverend Father in God Dr. William Laud, late archbishop of Canterbury : wherein several catechetical paraphrases ... Laud, William, 1573-1645. 1683 (1683) Wing L583; ESTC R34505 86,260 285

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