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A89897 The daily exercises of a Christian life or the interiour spirit with which we ought to animate our actions throughout the whole day With an easy instruction for mentall prayer, translated out of French by I.W. of the Soc. of Jesus.; Exercices de la vie intérieure. English Gonnelieu, Jérôme de, 1640-1715.; I. W.; Nepveu, François, 1639-1708, attributed name. 1689 (1689) Wing N437B; ESTC R230742 75,972 258

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