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A51034 A discourse of the glory to which God hath called believers by Jesus Christ delivered in some sermons out of the I Pet. 5 Chap. 10 ver. : together with an annexed letter / both by that eminent and worthy minister of the Gospel, Mr. Jonathan Mitchil, late pastor to the church at Cambridge in New-England. Mitchel, Jonathan, 1624-1668.; Collins, John, 1632?-1687. 1677 (1677) Wing M2289; ESTC R36603 134,741 304

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