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A45865 A guide to repentance. Or, The character and behaviour of the devout Christian in retirement Psal. 119. 54, 60. I called my own ways to remembrance, ... commandments. By John Inett, M.A. chanter and residentiary of the cathedral church of Lincoln. Inett, John, 1647-1717. 1692 (1692) Wing I157A; ESTC R215993 30,439 131

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