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A65753 A vvay to the tree of life discovered in sundry directions for the profitable reading of the Scriptvres : wherein is described occasionally the nature of a spirituall man, and, in A digression, the morality and perpetuity of the Fourth Commandment in every circumstance thereof, is discovered and cleared / by Iohn White ... White, John, 1575-1648. 1647 (1647) Wing W1785; ESTC R40696 215,387 374

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