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A65931 Old Jacobs altar newly repaired, or, The saints triangle of dangers, deliverances and duties, personal and national, practically improved in many particulars, seasonable and experimental being the answer of his own heart to God for eminent preservations, humbly recommended by way of teaching unto all ... / by Nathaneel Whiting. Whiting, Nathaneel, 1617?-1682. 1659 (1659) Wing W2021; ESTC R25200 235,129 329

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