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A27113 Juvenilia sacra, or, Divine youthfull meditations consisting of a dialogue between Christ and the soul, a preparation to the Lords Supper, characters of the pious and impious man, of the good and wicked woman, the foure quarters of the yeare, ten historicall, ten scripture and ten occasional applications / by P.B., Gent. P. B., Gent. 1664 (1664) Wing B151; ESTC R5392 34,585 144

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