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A43635 A sermon preach'd on the 30th of January vindicating King Charles the Martyr, and the keeping of the day by E.H. ; which may serve for an answer to Mr. Stephen's sermon preach'd on the 30th of January, before the honourable House of Commons. Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708. 1700 (1700) Wing H1826; ESTC R38790 24,130 32

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