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B01765 Happiness at hand. Or A plain and practical discourse of the joy of just mens souls in the state of separation from the body. For the instruction of weak Christians, and for the comfort of the afflicated. / By J. B. Rector of Finchamsted in the county of Berks. Brandon, John, b. 1644 or 5. 1687 (1687) Wing B4250; ESTC R170761 60,226 213

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