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B02192 The causes of a publick fast, and humiliation, to be kept with all convenient diligence: by all the members of this Kirk and Kingdom of Scosland [sic]. / Set down by the Commissioners of the Generall Assemblie. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Douglas, Robert, 1594-1674.; Ker, A. 1650 (1650) Wing C4201C; ESTC R171353 5,758 14

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