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A62962 A plea for the life of dying religion from the word of the Lord in a sermon preached to the General Assembly of the colony of the Massachusets at Boston in New-England, May 16, 1683, being the day of the election there / by Mr. Samuel Torrey ... Torrey, Samuel, 1632-1707. 1683 (1683) Wing T1918; ESTC W27667 39,643 58

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