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A65073 The saints nearness to God being a discourse upon part of the CXLVIII Psalm / written at the request of a friend by Richard Vines ... Vines, Richard, 1600?-1656.; Drury, William. 1662 (1662) Wing V567; ESTC R3254 27,474 152

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