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A15086 Londons vvarning, by Ierusalem A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse on Mid-Lent Sunday last. By Francis White, Mr. of Arts, and sometime of Magdalene Colledge in Oxford. White, Francis, b. 1588 or 9. 1619 (1619) STC 25386; ESTC S119902 38,729 102

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