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A15341 Large letters Three in number, containing much necessarie matter, for the intruction and comfort of such, as are distressed in conscience by feeling of sinne, and feare of Gods wrath. Written heeretofore by T. W. for some deare friends of his, and now published and printed for the raising vp of such as labor vnder the heauie burthen of an affected spirite. T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608. 1589 (1589) STC 25624; ESTC S103076 55,013 150

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