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A88914 Logoi eukairoi, essayes and observations theologicall & morall. Wherein many of the humours and diseases of the age are discovered, and characteriz'd: divers cautions and directions præscribed for the avoidance of their infection, and the promotion of their cure. Together with some meditations & prayers adjoyn'd, serving to the same purpose. / By a student in theologie. Master, William, 1627-1684. 1654 (1654) Wing M1060A; Thomason E1496_1; ESTC R208626 31,102 128

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