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A61206 Satana noēmata, or, The wiles of Satan in a discourse upon 2 Cor. 2. 11 / by William Spurstow ... Spurstowe, William, 1605?-1666. 1666 (1666) Wing S5096; ESTC R22598 68,825 114

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