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A90691 The tempestuous soul calmed by Jesus Christ; being an extract of several sermons, / preached by Anthony Palmer, pastor of the church at Bourton on the Water in Gloucester-shire. Palmer, Anthony, 1618?-1679. 1653 (1653) Wing P219; Thomason E1496_3; ESTC R208632 45,978 112

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