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A watch for a wise man's observation. : In two parts. First, a divine poem, on the three persons in the Holy Trinity, the four evangelists, the Ten Commandments, and the twelve apostles. II. A preparation, by a holy life, for the hour of death, that we may all be fitted for our latter end when we shall go hence, and be no more seen.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, : Printed by B. Green, and J. Allen, for Michael Perry, and are to be sold at his shop over against the Town House., 1699.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Christian poetry, American > Early works to 1800. Death > Poetry > Early works to 1800. Repentance > Poetry > Early works to 1800. Broadsides > Massachusetts > 17th century.
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