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A44697 A treatise of delighting in God from Psal. xxxvij. 4. Delight thy self also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. In two parts. By John Howe, M.A. sometime fellow of Magdalen College, Oxon. Howe, John, 1630-1705. 1674 (1674) Wing H3043; ESTC R215977 202,908 389

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