A string of pearls. Or The best things reserved till last [microform] : Discovered in a sermon, preached sn [sic] London, Iune 8. 1657. at the funeral of (that triumphant saint) Mrs. Mary Blake, late wife to (his worthy friend) Mr. Nicholas Blake, merchant; with an elegy on her death. By Thomas Brooks (her much endeared friend, spiritual father, pastor, and brother, in the fellowship of the Gospel, and) preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.

A string of pearls. Or The best things reserved till last [microform] : Discovered in a sermon, preached sn [sic] London, Iune 8. 1657. at the funeral of (that triumphant saint) Mrs. Mary Blake, late wife to (his worthy friend) Mr. Nicholas Blake, merchant; with an elegy on her death. By Thomas Brooks (her much endeared friend, spiritual father, pastor, and brother, in the fellowship of the Gospel, and) preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.

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Author / Creator:	Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.
Imprint:	London : [s.n.], printed anno Dom. 1667.
Description:	[12], 178 p.
Language:	English
Series:	Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1826:12.
Subject:	Blake, Mary, -- -1657. Funeral sermons -- 17th century. Sermons, English -- 17th century.
Format:	Microform E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5167312

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Varying Form of Title:	String of pearles Best things reserved till last.
Notes:	Running title reads: The best things reserved till last. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B4966. Available electronically as part of Early English books online. University of Chicago has also on microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1988. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1826:12).

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