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A41331 The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God is drawing the soul to Christ ... : to which is added, in the epistle to the reader, a few words concerning Socinianisme ... / by Giles Firmin ... Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697. 1670 (1670) Wing F963; ESTC R34439 271,866 392

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