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A77888 A treatise of divine meditation, by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ Mr. John Ball, late minister of the Gospel at Whitmore in Staffordshire. Published by Simeon Ashe, preacher of the Gospel at Austins, London. Ball, John, 1585-1640. 1660 (1660) Wing B575; Thomason E1875_1; ESTC R209786 79,889 304

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