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A65809 The practice of Christian perfection wherein several considerations, cautions, and advices are set down, for the perfecting of the saints, and completing them in the knowledge of Christ Jesus / by Thomas White ... White, Thomas, d. 1682. 1651 (1651) Wing W1852; ESTC R39071 46,849 191

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