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A51221 Of patience and submission to authority a sermon preach'd before the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen at Guild-Hall Chapel on the 27th of January, 1683/4 / by John Moore ... Moore, John, 1646-1714. 1684 (1684) Wing M2545; ESTC R32113 43,694 66

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