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A57573 A discourse concerning trouble of mind and the disease of melancholly in three parts : written for the use of such as are, or have been exercised by the same / by Timothy Rogers ... ; to which are annexed, some letters from several divines, relating to the same subject. Rogers, Timothy, 1658-1728. 1691 (1691) Wing R1848; ESTC R21503 284,310 522

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