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A79291 Heart-salve for a wounded soul... Or meditations of comfort for the holy living, and happy dying Christian either in the depths of dark desertion, or in the heighth of heavens glorious union. The second edition, with an addition of an elegie upon an eminent occasion. By Tho. Calvert, minister of the gospel. Calvert, Thomas, 1606-1679. 1675 (1675) Wing C323A; ESTC R230932 68,723 208

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