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A41790 A sigh for peace, or, The cause of division discovered wherein the great Gospel promise of the Holy Ghost, and the doctrine of prayer with imposition of hands, as the way ordained of God to seek for it, is asserted and vindicated, as the interest and duty of Christs disciples in general : in answer to a book intituled A search for schism / by Tho. Grantham ... Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692. 1671 (1671) Wing G1548; ESTC R39437 69,616 172

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