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A45564 A sad prognostick of approaching judgement, or, The happy misery of good men in bad times set forth in a sermon preached at St. Gregories, June the 13th, 1658 / by Nathaniell Hardy ... Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. 1658 (1658) Wing H743; ESTC R334 20,404 40

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