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A20858 The considerations of Drexelius upon eternitie translated by Ralph Winterton ...; De aeternitate considerationes. English. 1636 Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636. 1636 (1636) STC 7236; ESTC S784 128,073 396

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