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Sick - Prayer-books and devotions - Early works to 1800

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    A method of devotion for sick and dying persons . With particular directions, from the beginning of sickness to the hour of death. By William Assheton, D. D. Rector of Beckenham in Kent, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Ormond.

    Assheton, William, 1641-1711. | Date: 1706
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    The sick man's companion or, the clergyman's assistant in visiting the sick. With a preliminary dissertation on prayer. By William Dodwell, D. D. Archdeacon of Berks.

    Dodwell, William, 1709-1785. | Date: M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]
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    The sick Christian's companion consisting of prayers, meditations, and directions. By the late Reverend Mr. Ellesby, Minister of Chiswick. Also a funeral sermon upon the Great Danger and Uncertainty of a Death-Bed Repentance. And a copy of two letters written to Mr. Lowen, after his commitment to Newgate, for the murder of Mr. Lloyd at Turnham-Green, by the same Author.

    Ellesby, James, b. 1644 or 5. | Date: 1729

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