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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45368	A cordial for Christians traveling heavenward being the substance of some sermons upon the eight chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans / preached in the city of Edinburgh by a minister of the Gospel there.	Hamilton, Alexander, d. 1696.	1696 (1696)	Wing H475; ESTC R35978	131,544	244

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