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A26936 The grand question resolved, what we must do to be saved instructions for a holy life / by the late Reverend Divine, Mr. Richard Baxter ; recommended to the bookseller a few days before his death to be immediately printed for the good of souls. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1692 (1692) Wing B1279; ESTC R14371 33,250 49

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our_o lord_n and_o only_a saviour_n amen_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la mar._n 8._o 36._o mat._n 6._o 33._o job_n 21._o 14._o and_o 22._o 17._o psal_n 1._o 2_o 3._o psal_n 14._o and_o 12._o 12._o psal_n 8._o 4_o 5_o 6._o gen._n 1._o 26_o 27_o gen._n 9_o 6._o col._n 3._o 10._o 10._o joh._n 17._o 3._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 6_o 7._o jer._n 9_o 24._o 24._o luk._n 12._o 4_o 5._o 5._o psal_n 16._o 5_o to_o 11._o 11._o isa_n 45._o 18._o 18._o psal_n 14._o 1._o gen._n 1._o 1._o rev._n 1._o 8._o rom._n 1._o 19_o 20._o psal_n 46._o 10._o psal_n 9_o 10._o psal_n 100_o and_o 23._o psal_n 19_o 1_o 2_o 3._o psal_n 47._o 7._o ezek._n 18._o 4._o gen._n 18._o 25._o mal._n 1._o 6._o 6._o matth._n 22._o 37._o jer._n 5._o 22._o 2_o cor._n 5._o 8_o 9_o titus_n 2._o 14._o