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A14001 Nevv essayes: meditations, and vowes including in them the chiefe duties of a Christian, both for faith, and manners. By Thomas Tuke, minister of Gods Word, at S. Giles in the Fields.; New essayes: meditations, and vowes. Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657. 1614 (1614) STC 24312; ESTC S105349 74,323 307

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