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B01752
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The sword of the Lord and of Gideon to this is subjoined a prayer for an armie going to battell, and a thanksgiving after the victorie. / By M. Zachary Boyd, preacher of Gods word at Glasgow.
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Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653.
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Wing B3911; ESTC R170739
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