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A26682 An alarme to unconverted sinners, in a serious treatise ... whereunto are annexed Divers practical cases of conscience judiciously resolved / by Joseph Alleine, late preacher of the Gospel at Taunton in Somerset-shire. Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668. 1672 (1672) Wing A961; ESTC R8216 136,383 262

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