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A59685 The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs spirit in reconciling of a sinner to God / by Tho. Shepard ... Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649. 1645 (1645) Wing S3133; ESTC R3907 171,496 360

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