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A07828 Two treatises concerning regeneration, 1. Of repentance, 2. Of the diet of the soule shewing the one, how it ought to be sought after and may be attained vnto, the other, how it being gotten, is to be preserued and continued. Morton, Thomas, of Berwick. 1597 (1597) STC 18200.5; ESTC S4792 100,213 251

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