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A46754 Soled comfort for sound Christians, or, A treatise of Gods absolute (and most certaine) performance of his conditionall promises in regard of the elect being a parcell of a larger discourse on John 13.17 / by Robert Jenison. Jenison, Robert, 1584?-1652. 1641 (1641) Wing J564; ESTC R24152 50,921 69

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