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A64966 Odos gath operbochēns the more excellent way to edifie the Church of Christ, or, A discourse concerning love : the design of which is to revive that grace (now under such decays) among Protestants of all perswasions / by Nathanael Vincent ... Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697. 1684 (1684) Wing V415; ESTC R1364 76,586 160

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