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A30167 Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and that he undertook to accomplish by himself the eternal redemption of sinners also, that the Lord Jesus addressed himself to this work, with undeniable demonstrations that he performed the same : objections to the contrary answered / by John Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1675 (1675) Wing B5554; ESTC R19879 89,163 194

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