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A22562 Three treatises Viz. 1. The conversion of Nineueh. 2. Gods trumpet sounding the alarum. 3. Physicke against famine. Being plainly and pithily opened and expounded, in certaine sermons. by William Attersoll, minister of the Word of God, at Isfield in Sussex. Attersoll, William, d. 1640. 1632 (1632) STC 900; ESTC S121173 371,774 515

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