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A26935 Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted to deny it, and think him cruel, because of the present and future misery of mankind, with respect to the doctrine of reprobation and damnation / by Richard Baxter ... ; published and prefaced by a friend at whose desire it was written, and to whom it was committed. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1671 (1671) Wing B1278; ESTC R5256 19,834 110

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