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A59036 The doubting beleever, or, A treatise containing 1. the nature, 2. the kinds, 3. the springs, 4. the remedies of doubtings, incident to weak beleevers by Obadiah Sedgwick ... Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658. 1641 (1641) Wing S2369; ESTC R19426 113,906 390

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