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A85985 The blessed peace-maker and Christian reconciler: intended for the healing of all unatural and unchristian divisions, in all relations: according to the purport of that divine oracle, pronounced by the Prince of Peace himself, Matth. 5.9. By Claudius Gilbert, B.D. minister of the Gospel at Limrick. Gilbert, Claudius, d. 1696? 1658 (1658) Wing G701; Thomason E939_3; ESTC R202209 119,212 155

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