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A65814 A discourse upon I Peter IV., VIII wherein the power and efficacy of charity as it is a means to procure the pardon of sin is explained and vindicated / by John Whitefoot. Whitefoote, John, 1610-1699. 1695 (1695) Wing W1862; ESTC R26478 56,458 143

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