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A03425 The king's request: or, Dauid's desire A sermon preached at the last generall fast holden at Yorke, the 21. of Aprill last. By Phinees Hodson Doctour of Diuinity, and Chancellour of the Metropoliticall Church of St. Peter-Yorke. Hodson, Phineas, d. 1646. 1628 (1628) STC 13551; ESTC S104137 19,311 38

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