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A26214 The profit of believing very usefull both for all those that are not yet resolved what religion they ought to embrace, and for them that desire to know whither their religion be true or no / written by S. Augustine.; De utilitate credendi ad Honoratum. English Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; A. P. 1651 (1651) Wing A4213; ESTC R7850 45,294 156

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