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A60150 Serious reflections on time and eternity with some other subjects, moral and divine : to which is prefix'd an introduction concerning the first day of the year, how observed by the Jews, and may best be employed by a serious Christian / by John Shower. Shower, John, 1657-1715. 1689 (1689) Wing S3687; ESTC R38915 108,085 277

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