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A58095 A rational method of daily religion consisting of four new offices of ordinary devotion; and a practical directory concerning the reasonableness and use of them. By a Divine of the Church of England. Divine of the Church of England. 1697 (1697) Wing R305; ESTC R220657 34,136 144

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