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A65701 A discourse of the love of God shewing that it is well consistent with some love or desire of the creature, and answering all the arguments of Mr. Norris in his sermon on Matth. 22, 37, and of the letters philosohical and divine to the contrary / by Daniel Whitby ... Whitby, Daniel, 1638-1726. 1697 (1697) Wing W1724; ESTC R1639 108,266 186

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