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A66599 Totum hominis: or The whole duty of a Christian, consisting in faith and good life Abridged in certain sermons expounding Paul's prayer for the Thessalonians, Epist. 2. Chap. 1. Vers. 11, 12. By Samuel Wales minister of the gospel at Morley in York-shire. Wales, Samuel. 1680 (1680) Wing W295; ESTC R219294 77,526 242

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