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A44344 A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union beleevers have with God and Christ, and the glorious priviledges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye. Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672. 1656 (1656) Wing H2643; ESTC R7774 293,622 460

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