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A plea for almes delivered in a sermon at the spital, before a solemn assembly of the city, on Tuesday in Easter week, April. 13. 1658. / By Thomas Watson Minister of Stephens Walbrook. Lond.
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Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.
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Wing W1137; Thomason E2125_1; ESTC R230810
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