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A50172 The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the governour, council, and representatives of the Massachuset-Colony in New-England on May 23, 1690 by Cotton Mather. Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. 1690 (1690) Wing M1168; ESTC R28821 21,291 52

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