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A78180 The regenerate mans growth in grace. Shewing, that regeneration of necessitie requireth augmentation in grace. With the motives to move us to grow, signes to know whether we have grown; the lets that hinder our growth; and helps to further our growth. / Preached at a sermon at Lancaster, upon a day of humiliation, by N.B. minister thereof. Barnett, Nehemiah, b. 1614 or 15. 1646 (1646) Wing B875; Thomason E1165_1; ESTC R210099 23,846 95

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