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A02894 The mirrour of humilitie: or Two eloquent and acute discourses vpon the natiuitie and passion of Christ full of diuine and excellent meditations and sentences. Published first in Latine by the worthy author Daniel Heinsius, and since done into English, by I.H. Master of Arts in Mag. Coll. Oxon. Heinsius, Daniel, 1580-1655.; Harmar, John, 1594?-1670. 1618 (1618) STC 13039; ESTC S115181 32,739 106

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