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A30417 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, at Bow-Church, September 2, 1680 being the anniversary fast for the burning of London / by Gilbert Burnet. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1680 (1680) Wing B5872; ESTC R21523 22,080 40

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