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A26872 A call to the unconverted to turn and live and accept of mercy while mercy may be had as ever they would find mercy in the day of their extremity from the living God / by his unworthy servant, Richard Baxter ; to be read in families where any are unconverted. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1658 (1658) Wing B1196; ESTC R2096 107,933 375

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