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A25316 The evidence of things not seen, or, Diverse scriptural and philosophical discourses, concerning the state of good and holy men after death ... by that eminently learned divine Moses Amyraldus ; translated out of the French tongue by a Minister of the Church of England.; Discours de l'estat des fidèles après la mort. English. Amyraut, Moïse, 1596-1664.; Minister of the Church of England. 1700 (1700) Wing A3036; ESTC R7638 98,543 248

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