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A10877 A short and sure way to heauen, and present happines Taught in a treatise of our conformity with the will of God. Written by the Reuerend Father Alfonsus Rodriguez of the Society of Iesus, in his worke intituled, The exercise of perfection and Christian vertue. Translated out of Spanish.; Ejercicio de perfección y virtudes cristianas. Part 1. Treatise 8. English Rodríguez, Alfonso, 1526-1616.; I. C., fl. 1630. 1630 (1630) STC 21144; ESTC S102292 144,041 352

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