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A81235 Correction, instruction or, a treatise of afflictions: first conceived by way of private meditations: afterward digested into certain sermons, preach'd at Aldermanbury. And now published for the help and comfort of humble suffering Christians. By Tho. Case, M.A. sometimes student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. now preacher of the Gospel in London. Case, Thomas, 1598-1682. 1652 (1652) Wing C824; Thomason E1329_1; ESTC R209098 113,561 301

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