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A34747 The nail & the wheel the nail fastned by a hand from heaven, the wheel turned by a voyce from the throne of glory / both described in two severall sermons in the Green-yard at Norwich by John Carter, pastor of Great St. Peters. Carter, John, d. 1655. 1647 (1647) Wing C654A; ESTC R34786 76,219 107

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