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A15527 Saints by calling: or Called to be saints A godly treatise of our holy calling to Christ, by the gospell. With the seuerall gifts proper vnto the called: and their counterfeits in the hypocrites which are not partakers of this effectuall calling. Written by Thomas Wilson, minister of Gods word, at S. Georges Church in Canterbury. Wilson, Thomas, 1563-1622. 1620 (1620) STC 25796; ESTC S103067 273,228 442

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