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A35183 A sermon preached upon April xxiii. MDCLXXX. in the cathedral church of Bristol, before the gentlemen of the artillery-company, newly raised in that city. By Samuel Crossman, B.D. Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684. 1680 (1680) Wing C7270A; ESTC R214386 13,922 42

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