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A77859 The necessity of agreement with God: opened in a sermon preached to the Right Honourable the noble House of Peers assembled in Parliament, upon the 29th of October, 1645. being the monethly fast. / By C. Burges, D.D. preacher of the Word to the city of London. Published in obedience to an order of their Lordships. Burges, Cornelius, 1589?-1665. 1645 (1645) Wing B5673; Thomason E307_19; ESTC R200347 36,324 55

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