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A55332 Of ejaculatory prayer the necessity there is of it, the advantages there are for it, and the advantages there are by it : demonstrated with several directions for the practice of it / by Theophilus Polwheile ... Polwheile, Theophilus, d. 1689. 1674 (1674) Wing P2784; ESTC R40646 52,386 162

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