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A60851 Some breathings of life, from a naked heart presented in love to the honest, vpright, and single-hearted, that they, with me may wait to feel the imediate drawings, and leadings of the Holy Spirit in all things ... so that they need not any man to teach them, 1 Joh. 2. 27., with an epistle for peace and unity. Salt, William.; Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1663 (1663) Wing S460; ESTC R17566 16,219 20

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