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A22838 A heavenly treasure of confortable meditations and prayers written by S. Augustin, Bishop of Hyppon in three seuerall treatises of his meditations, soliloquies, and manual. Faithfully translated into English by the R. F. Antony Batt monke, of the holy order of S Bennet of the Congregation of England; De meditatione. English. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Batt, Antonie. 1624 (1624) STC 934; ESTC S101507 162,145 412

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