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A85733 The buddings and blossomings of old truths: or, Severall practicall points of divinity, gathered out of that sacred evangelist, St. John, chap. the third, from verse 22. ad finem. By that worthy light and lamp of heaven, Alexander Gross, Bach. of Divinity, and late preacher of Ashberton, in Com. Devon. Grosse, Alexander, 1596?-1654. 1656 (1656) Wing G2068; Thomason E1577_2; ESTC R209389 251,205 463

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