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A39696 Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part of the 14 : the second, The righteous man's refuge in the evil day, from Isaiah 26, verse 20 / by John Flavell. Flavel, John, 1630?-1691. 1682 (1682) Wing F1204; ESTC R177117 170,738 308

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