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A49384 The Christian race a sermon preach'd before the Queen at Kensington on Sunday the 31th of July, 1692 / by Richard Lucas ... Lucas, Richard, 1648-1715. 1692 (1692) Wing L3394; ESTC R13000 14,824 32

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