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A29748 Christ the way and the truth and the life, or, A short discourse pointing forth the way of making use of Christ for justification and especially and more particularly for sanctification in all its parts, from Johan. XIV, vers. VI : wherein several cases of conscience are briefly answered, chiefly touching sanctification / by John Brown. Brown, John, 1610?-1679. 1677 (1677) Wing B5028; ESTC R27232 262,893 482

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