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A30592 Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1650 (1650) Wing B6095; ESTC R8121 454,946 722

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