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A70256 The priveledge of the saints on earth beyond those in heaven in respect of gifts and graces exercised, duties and services performed, sufferings and tryals undergone by them which the glorified are not capable of : being the sum of a discourse upon a part of Hezekiah's Song of thanksgiving ... : to which is added A short discourse of the nature and extent of the Gospel-day : reaching from the destruction of the old to the erection of the new Jerusalem out of Zech. 14, 6, 7 / by William Hooke. Hooke, William, 1600 or 1601-1678. 1673 (1673) Wing H2628; ESTC R28112 66,910 165

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