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A39353 Justifying faith: or, That faith by which the just do live briefly describ'd in a discourse on 1 Joh. 5.12. By the author of a late book, entitled Summum bonum, or, An explication of the divine goodness, &c. To this discourse is added, an abstract of some letters to an eminent learned person, concerning the excellency of the Book of common prayer, &c. Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1679 (1679) Wing E675C; ESTC R204257 23,218 50

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