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A29709 A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favorable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ... Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680. 1675 (1675) Wing B4970; ESTC R11759 200,185 248

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