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A18939 Holy incense for the censers of the saints. Or, A method of prayer with matter, and formes in selected sentences of sacred scripture. Also A praxis upon the holy oyle shewing the vse of scripture-phrases. And choyse places taken out of the singing Psalmes, digested into a method of prayer and praises. Clarke, John, d. 1658. 1634 (1634) STC 5357; ESTC S116610 106,869 376

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