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A17936 Tentations their nature, danger, cure. By Richard Capel. Sometimes fellow of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford. To which is added a briefe dispute, as touching restitution in the case of usury.; Tentations. Part 1-2 Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.; Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635. 1633 (1633) STC 4595; ESTC S119212 168,622 502

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