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A61638 Shecinah, or, A demonstration of the divine presence in the places of religious worship being an essay, tending to promote piety, prevent apostacy, and to reduce grosly deluded souls, first to their right wits, then to the right waies, of Gods publick instituted worship / by John Stillingfleete ... Stillingfleet, John, 1630 or 1-1687. 1663 (1663) Wing S5680; ESTC R9466 109,230 256

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