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A49957 Chara tēs pisteōs The joy of faith, or, A treatise opening the true nature of faith : its lowest stature and distinction from assurance, with a scripture method to attain both, by the influence and aid of divine grace : with a preliminary tract evidencing the being and actings of faith, the deity of Christ, and the divinity of the sacred Sciptures / by Samuel Lee ... Lee, Samuel, 1625-1691. 1687 (1687) Wing L891 136,126 264

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