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A28519 A consolatory treatise of the four complexions, that is, an instruction in the time of temptation for a sad and assaulted heart shewing where-from sadness naturally ariseth, and how the assaulting happeneth : hereto are annexed some consolatory speeches exceeding profitable for the assaulted hearts & souls, written ... March 1621 / by the Teutonicall philosopher, Jacob Behmen.; Trost-Schrift von vier Complexionen. English Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Hotham, Charles, 1615-1672? 1654 (1654) Wing B3402; ESTC R19729 29,679 98

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