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A86016 The agreement of the associated ministers & churches of the counties of Cumberland, and VVestmerland: with something for explication and exhortation annexed. Gilpin, Richard, 1625-1700. 1658 (1658) Wing G774; Thomason E498_3 47,341 61

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