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The difficulty of and the encouragements to a reformation a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons at the publick fast, Septem. 27, 1643 / by Mr. Anthony Burges ...
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Burgess, Anthony, d. 1664.
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Wing B5643; ESTC R7338
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