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A85674 An historical anatomy of Christian melancholy, sympathetically set forth, in a threefold state of the soul. 1 Endued with grace, 2 ensnared in sin, 3 troubled in conscience. With a concluding meditation on the fourth verse of the ninth chapter of Saint John. / By Edmund Gregory, sometimes Bachelour of Arts in Trin. Coll. Oxon. Gregory, Edmund, b. 1615 or 16.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1646 (1646) Wing G1885; Thomason E1145_1; ESTC R40271 96,908 160

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