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A93085 Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances, and appointments, the best means to preserve our liberty. Together with a treatise of ineffectual hearing the word; how we may know whether we have heard the same effectually: and by what means it may be come effectual unto us. With some remarkable passages of his life. By Tho. Shephard, late pastor of the Church of Christ in Cambridge in New-England. Now published by Mr. Jonathan Michell pastor of the said church in New England. Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.; Mitchel, Jonathan, 1624-1668. 1652 (1652) Wing S3141; Thomason E1245_2; ESTC R209199 106,113 223

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