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A02513 The arte of diuine meditation profitable for all Christians to knowe and practise; exemplified with a large meditation of eternall life. By Ioseph Hall. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656. 1606 (1606) STC 12642; ESTC S118419 30,902 220

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