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A58938 A Seasonable prospect for the view and consideration of Christians being a brief representation of the lives and conversations of infidels and heathens, in our age, as to religion and morality : together with some reflections thereupon, in relation to us who profess Christianity : to which is now added many of the wise and vertuous sayings of the ancient heathens / by a gentleman. Gentleman. 1691 (1691) Wing S2239A_VARIANT; ESTC R34065 38,938 60

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