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A51515 The mount of spirits that glorious and honorable state to which believers are called by the Gospel explained in some meditations upon the 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 verses of the 12th chapter to the Hebrews : with some previous reflections upon that whole Epistle and the people of the Jews. Wolseley, Charles, Sir, 1630?-1714. 1691 (1691) Wing M2970; ESTC R32126 106,065 208

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