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A36559 A spiritual repository containing Godly meditations demonstrated by 12 signs of our adoption to eternal glory / by H. Drexelius ; and now translated into English by R.W. of Trinity College Cambridge. Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638. 1676 (1676) Wing D2186; ESTC R31370 120,851 391

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