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A56381 An account of the nature and extent of the divine dominion & goodnesse especially as they refer to the Origenian hypothesis concerning the preexistence of souls together with a special account of the vanity and groundlesness of the hypothesis it self : being a second letter written to his much honoured friend and kinsman, Mr. Nath. Bisbie / by Sam. Parker ... Parker, Samuel, 1640-1688. 1666 (1666) Wing P454; ESTC R22702 53,301 116

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