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A28518 A consideration upon the book of Esaias Stiefel, of the threefold state of man, and his new birth written anno Christi 1621, by Jacob Behmen, otherwise called Teutonicus philosophus.; Bedencken über Esaiae Stiefels Büchlein Von dreyerley Zustandt des Menschen unnd dessen newen Geburt. English Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624. 1653 (1653) Wing B3400; ESTC R21020 39,297 158

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