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A16503 The anatomie of conscience Or a threefold reuelation of those three most secret bookes: 1. The booke of Gods prescience. 2. The booke of mans conscience. 3. The booke of life. In a sermon preached at the generall assises holden at Derby, in Lent last. 1623. By Immanuel Bourne ... Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672. 1623 (1623) STC 3416; ESTC S106813 35,564 48

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