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A13019 The righteous mans plea to true happinesse In ten sermons, on Psal. 4 ver. 6. Preached by Iohn Stoughton Doctor in Divinity, sometimes fellow of Emanuell Colledge in Cambridge, late preacher of Aldermanbury, London. Stoughton, John, d. 1639. 1640 (1640) STC 23310; ESTC S117842 148,853 302

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