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A49242 The dejected soules cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and cautions in severall cases. In divers sermons, by Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence Jury. To which is added, I. The ministry of the angels to the heirs of salvation. II. Gods omnipresence. III. The sinners legacy to their posterity. Love, Christopher, 1618-1651. 1657 (1657) Wing L3151; ESTC R215529 168,974 219

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