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A35541 The nature and principles of love, as the end of the commandment declared in some of the last sermons of Mr. Joseph Caryl ; with an epistle prefixed by John Owen ... Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673. 1673 (1673) Wing C781; ESTC R4133 44,437 144

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