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A28172 Fellowship with God, or, XXVIII sermons on the I Epistle of John, chap. 1 and 2 wherein the true ground and foundation of attaining, the spiritual way of intertaining fellowship with the Father and the Son, and the blessed condition of such as attain to it, are most succinctly and dilucidly explained / by ... Hugh Binning. Binning, Hugh, 1627-1653. 1671 (1671) Wing B2930; ESTC R14103 146,932 280

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