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A61129 Of trust in God, or, A discourse concerning the duty of casting our care upon God in all our difficulties together with An exhortation to patient suffering for righteousness, in a sermon on 1 S. Pet. III. 14, 15 / by Nathaniel Spinckes ... Spinckes, Nathaniel, 1654-1727. 1696 (1696) Wing S4978; ESTC R1589 208,951 357

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