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The Trinity asserted a sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, at the cathedral church of St. Paul, upon Trinity-Sunday, Anno Dom. 1700 / John Howard.
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Howard, John, 1647-1729?
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Wing H2983; ESTC R15897
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