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A54928 The spiritual sacrifice, or, A treatise wherein several weighty questions and cases concerning the saints communion with God in prayer are propounded and practically improved by Mr. Alexander Pitcarne. Pitcarne, Alexander, 1622?-1695. 1664 (1664) Wing P2295; ESTC R30533 821,533 890

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fratres_fw-la sumus_fw-la etc._n etc._n
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