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A59600 The great commandment A discourse upon Psal. 73. 25. shewing that God is all things to a religious soul. Being a further explication of a short discourse called, The angelical life, formerly written by the same author S.S. Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696. 1678 (1678) Wing S3036B; ESTC R222383 50,178 200

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