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A61474 The rise, race, and royalty of the kingdom of God in the soul of man opened in several sermons upon Matthew 18.3 : as also the loveliness & love of Christ set forth in several other sermons upon Psal. 45. v. 1, 2. : together with an account of the state of a saint's soul and body in death / by Peter Sterry ... Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672. 1683 (1683) Wing S5482; ESTC R14809 577,885 544

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