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A27472 A mirror that flatters not, or, A looking-glass for all new-converts to whatsoever perswasion, Roman-Catholicks, Conformists, or Non-conformists : that is, certain sermons of St. Bernard translated into English ... : together with a preface of the translator to all new-converts ...; De conversione ad clericos. English Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. 1677 (1677) Wing B1982; ESTC R5454 46,594 72

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