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A47301 The measures of Christian obedience, or, A discourse shewing what obedience is indispensably necessary to a regenerate state, and what defects are consistent with it, for the promotion of piety, and the peace of troubled consciences by John Kettlewell ... Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695. 1681 (1681) Wing K372; ESTC R18916 498,267 755

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