Abel redevivus: or, the dead yet speaking. The lives and deaths of the moderne divines / Written by severall able and learned men (whose names ye shall finde in the epistle to the reader.) And now digested into one volumne [by Thomas Fuller, who wrote some of the lives. With verses by F. and J. Quarles] For the benefit and satisfaction of all those that desire to be acquainted with the paths of pieti and virtue.

  • Thomas Fuller
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1651
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Credit: Abel redevivus: or, the dead yet speaking. The lives and deaths of the moderne divines / Written by severall able and learned men (whose names ye shall finde in the epistle to the reader.) And now digested into one volumne [by Thomas Fuller, who wrote some of the lives. With verses by F. and J. Quarles] For the benefit and satisfaction of all those that desire to be acquainted with the paths of pieti and virtue. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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