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B12251 Good newes from Canaan Full of heauenly comfort and consolation, for all those that are afflicted either in bodie or minde. With a proofe of true repentance for the same. By William Cowper, minister of Gods word, and B. of Galloway. Cowper, William, 1568-1619. 1613 (1613) STC 5919; ESTC S114575 78,519 300

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