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A51286 Apocalypsis Apocalypseos, or, The revelation of St. John the Divine unveiled containing a brief but perspicuous and continued exposition from chapter to chapter, and from verse to verse, of the whole book of the Apocalypse / by Henry More ... More, Henry, 1614-1687. 1680 (1680) Wing M2641; ESTC R7100 230,692 425

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