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A34944 Æternalia, or, A treatise wherein by way of explication, demonstration, confirmation, and application is shewed that the great labour and pains of every Christian ought chiefly to be imployed not about perishing, but eternal good things from John 6, 27 / by Francis Craven. Craven, Francis. 1677 (1677) Wing C6860; ESTC R27286 248,949 428

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