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A79826 The abuse of Gods grace: discovered in the kinds, causes, punishments, symptoms, cures, differences, cautions, and other practical improvements thereof. Proposed as a seasonable check to the wanton libertinisme of the present age. By Nicholas Claget, minister of the Gospel at Edmundsbury in Suffolk, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxon. Clagett, Nicholas, 1610?-1662.; Wilkinson, Henry, 1616-1690. 1659 (1659) Wing C4368; Thomason E978_2; ESTC R207811 268,515 321

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