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A28164 Purgatory surveyed, or, A particular accompt of the happy and yet thrice unhappy state of the souls there also of the singular charity and wayes we have to relieve them : and of the devotion of all ages for the souls departed : with twelve excellent means to prevent purgatory and the resolution of many curious and important points.; De l'etat heureux et malheureux des âmes souffrantes du purgatoire. English. 1663 Binet, Etienne, 1569-1639.; Ashby, Richard, 1614-1680. 1663 (1663) Wing B2915; ESTC R31274 138,491 416

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