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A92190 Jacobs ladder, or The protectorship of Sion, laid on the shoulders of the Almighty; in a description of the sufficiency of providence, suitable in these times of tentation. With Jacobs wrestling. / By Francis Raworth of Shoreditch. Raworth, Francis, d. 1665. 1655 (1655) Wing R373; Thomason E1507_2; ESTC R209489 136,597 367

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