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B09141 Of the conversion of sinners to God in Christ: The [bracket] 1. necessity, 2. nature, [double bracket] 3. means, 4. signs of it. With a concluding speech to the unconverted. / By Martin Fynch ... Finch, Martin, 1628?-1698. 1680 (1680) Wing F944B; ESTC R177058 74,683 192

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