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A70315 Ektenesteron, or, The degrees of ardency in Christs prayer reconciled with his fulnesse of habitval grace in reply to the author of a book, intituled, A mixture of scholastical divinity with practical / by H. Hammond ... Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660. 1656 (1656) Wing H540; ESTC R14859 26,365 37

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