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A86581 Zion's birth-register unfolded in a sermon to the native-citizens of London. In their solemn assembly at Pauls on Thursday the VIII. of May, A.D. M.DC.LVI. / By Thomas Horton D.D. Horton, Thomas, d. 1673. 1656 (1656) Wing H2885; Thomason E490_6; ESTC R202559 47,020 75

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