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A30158 I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also, or, A discourse touching prayer, from I Cor. 14.15 wherein is briefly discovered 1. What prayer is, 2. What it is to pray with the spirit, 3. What it is to pray with the spirit and with the understanding also / by John Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1663 (1663) Wing B5541; ESTC R33259 38,056 122

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