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A31677 A sermon preached September 9th, 1683 being the day of thanksgiving for God's wonderful providence and mercy in discovering and defeating the late treasonable conspiracy against His Sacred Majesty's person and government / by John Chapman. Chapman, John, fl. 1684. 1684 (1684) Wing C1954; ESTC R24808 12,591 34

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