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A56828 Judgement & mercy for afflicted soules, or, Meditations, soliloquies, and prayers by Fra. Quarles.; Boanerges and Barnabas Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. 1646 (1646) Wing Q101; ESTC R20980 53,966 136

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