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A30130 Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the sixth of John, 37 vers shewing the cause, truth and manner of the coming of a sinner to Jesus Christ, with his happy reception and blessed entertainment / written by J. Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1678 (1678) Wing B5495; ESTC R30257 120,042 303

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