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A49960 Ecclesia Gemens, or, Two discourses on the mournful state of the Church, with a prospect of her dawning glory exhibited in a view of two Scriptures, representing her as a myrtle-grove in a deep bottom, and as a knot of lillies among thorns. Lee, Samuel, 1625-1691. 1677 (1677) Wing L894; ESTC R2097 33,479 98

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