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A63907 A discourse of the divine omnipresence and its consequences delivered in a sermon before the honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inn, upon the first Sunday of this Michaelmas term / John Turner ... Turner, John, b. 1649 or 50. 1683 (1683) Wing T3307; ESTC R5395 16,965 40

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