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A65936 That great duty and comfortable evidence (keeping our selves from our iniquity) opened and applied in some sermons upon Psal. 18, 23 / by John Whitlock. Whitlock, John, 1625-1709. 1698 (1698) Wing W2029; ESTC R26359 57,005 130

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