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A13949 Three small and plaine treatises 1. Of prayer or actiue 2. Of principles, or positiue 3. Resolutions, or oppositiue Diuinitie. Translated and collected out of the auncient writers for the priuate vse of a most noble ladie. By an old praebendary of the Church of Lincolne. Williams, John, 1582-1650. 1620 (1620) STC 24259; ESTC S102025 30,759 166

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