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  • noun Plural form of penitant.

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  • --- May you love and reverence, as it deserves, this blessed and valuable book, which contains the best rule of life, the clearest declaration of the will and laws of the Deity, the reviving assurance of favour to true penitants, and the unspeakable joyful tidings of eternal life and happiness to all the truly virtuous, through Jesus Christ, the

    The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772

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