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A56307 A serious exhortation to an holy life, or conversation With a clear discovery of the nature of it, what it is. The means of attaining it. The trials of it, how it may be known. The motives, or inducements to it. Or, a profitable companion for conversion. Confirmation. Illumination. Consolation. By Robert Purnell. Purnell, Robert, d. 1666. 1663 (1663) Wing P4240; ESTC R222001 22,777 109

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