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A65667 Energiea planēs, or, A brief discourse concerning man's natural proneness to, and tenaciousness of errour whereunto is added some arguments to prove, that that covenant entred with Abraham, Gen. 17.7 is the covenant of grace / J. Whiston ... Whiston, Joseph, d. 1690. 1682 (1682) Wing W1689; ESTC R39755 91,886 168

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