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A09316 An excelent comfort to all Christians, against all kinde of calamities no lesse comfortable, then pleasant, pithy, and profitable: Compendiously compiled by Iohn Perez, a faithfull seruant of God, a Spaniard (in Spanish) and now translated into English by Iohn Daniel, of Clements Inne, with diuers addicions by him collected and therevnto annexed.; Epistola para consolar a los fieles de Jesu Christo. English PĂ©rez, Juan, d. 1567.; Daniel, John, of Clements Inne. 1576 (1576) STC 19626; ESTC S111936 128,141 335

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&_o 5._o 2._o tim._n 2._o &_o 3.9.10_o act._n 14._o &_o 12._o hebr._n 12_o &_o 2._o 1._o cor._n 9_o &_o 24._o etc_n etc_n mar._n 13._o &_o 13._o luk._n 21._o &_o 19_o mat._n 10._o &_o 16._o rom._n 11._o &_o 25._o phil._n 2._o &_o 1.2_o ma●_n 10._o &_o 8.11_o mat._n 7._o &_o 6._o col._n 4._o &_o 6._o ephe._n 4._o &_o 25.29.31_o 2._o tim._n 2._o &_o 16.23.24_o 1._o pet._n 2._o &_o 11._o 1._o cor._n 6._o &_o 20._o 1._o pet._n 4._o &_o 11._o 2._o cor._n 4●_o &_o 2._o mar._n 4._o &_o 17.18.19_o pro._n 28._o &_o 20._o gal._n 6._o &_o 7._o 1._o pet._n 4._o &_o 15.16_o mat._n 6._o &_o 9_o 1._o pet._n 4._o &_o 3.4_o joh._n 3._o &_o 19.20.21_o psal._n 94._o &_o 3.4.7_o 1._o cor._n 3._o etc_o etc_o mat._n 25._o &_o 18.24.25_o luke_n 19_o &_o 20.21_o rom._n 8._o &_o _o mat._n 16._o &_o 6.11.12_o 1._o pet._n 2._o &_o 1_o ●●_o rom._n 2._o &_o 8.9_o colos_n 3._o &_o 5.8_o psal._n 90._o &_o ●_o 2.3_o etc_n etc_n ●_o king_n ●_o 〈◊〉_d etc_n etc_n eccle._n 18._o &_o 23.24_o etc_n etc_n deu._n 16._o &_o 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