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A96433 The art of divine improvement, or, The Christian instructed how to make a right use of [brace] duties, dangers, deliverances both as they concern himself and others : opened and applied in several sermons / by Nathaniel Whiting ... Whiting, Nathaneel, 1617?-1682. 1662 (1662) Wing W2020A; ESTC R43819 228,106 313

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