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A94345 The rest of faith: that is, soules fixed and established in God by believing on him through the Lord Jesus Christ. With the grounds of this faith from sanctified reason, the benefits of faith, and the evils of unbeliefe. / Proved by Gods Word, and presented to open view, by Coll. Robert Tichborne. Tichborne, Robert, Sir, d. 1682. 1649 (1649) Wing T1151; Thomason E544_2; ESTC R203790 133,030 166

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