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A15673 A glasse for the godly Contayning many comfortable treatises to perswade men from the loue of this world, to the loue of the world to come, and exhorting them with cherefulnes to passe through the crosses and afflictions of this life. Full of spirituall comfort for all such as hope to be saued by Iesus Christ. The first [-second] part. By R:W: minister of Gods word. Wolcomb, Robert, b. 1567 or 8. 1612 (1612) STC 25941; ESTC S121029 292,196 642

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