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A77983 Four books on the eleventh of Matthew: viz: I. Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest. II. Christ the great teacher of souls that come to him. To which is added a treatise of meekness and of anger. III. Christ the humble teacher of those that come to him. IIII. The only easie way to heaven. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel at Stepny and Cripple-Gate, London. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680. 1659 (1659) Wing B6072_pt3-4; Wing B6116_PART; Thomason E965_1; ESTC R207640 203,123 309

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