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A47528 God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God opened in a sermon preached December the 11th, 1695 : being the day appointed by the king for publick prayer and humiliation / by Benjamin Keach. Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704. 1696 (1696) Wing K67; ESTC R18483 36,478 50

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