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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97136	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at their late monethly fast, being on Wednesday, June 30. 1647. / By Nathaniel Ward Minister of Gods Word.	Ward, Nathaniel, 1578-1652.	1647 (1647)	Wing W784; Thomason E394_20; ESTC R201633	18,356	34

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