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God's work in founding Zion, and his peoples duty thereupon. A sermon preached in the Abby Church at Westminster, at the opening of the Parliament Septemb. 17th 1656. / By John Owen: a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospell.
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Owen, John, 1616-1683.
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1656
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Wing O758; Thomason E891_2; ESTC R203086
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