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A64995 The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians with an appendix concerning Christs manifestation of himself to them that love him / by Thomas Vincent. Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678. 1677 (1677) Wing V447; ESTC R235433 94,936 230

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