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A52486 Divine eloquence, or, An essay upon the tropes and figures contained in the Holy Scriptures and reduced under the proper titles & rhetorick also several texts of Scripture which fall in with the figures are briefly interpreted, especially those which seem to favour the papist or the Socinian. Norwood, Cornelius. 1694 (1694) Wing N1344; ESTC R30070 55,272 145

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