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A52431 Reason and religion, or, The grounds and measures of devotion, consider'd from the nature of God, and the nature of man in several contemplations : with exercises of devotion applied to every contemplation / by John Norris ... Norris, John, 1657-1711. 1689 (1689) Wing N1265; ESTC R19865 86,428 282

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