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A15386
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A sermon preached at North-Hampton the 21. of Iune last past, before the Lord Lieutenant of the county, and the rest of the commissioners there assembled vpon occasion of the late rebellion and riots in those parts committed
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Wilkinson, Robert, Dr. in Divinity.
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STC 25662; ESTC S121043
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