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A84372 Christianity in short or The way to be a good Christian· Recommended to the use of such as want either time or capacity for reading longer and learneder discourses. By C. Ellis author of the Gentile-sinner. Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700. 1682 (1682) Wing E552aA; ESTC R229363 19,559 74

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