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A73285 A sermon, pointing out the chiefe causes, and cures, of such unruly stirres, as are not seldome found in the church of God Preached at Sawston in the countie of Cambridge, at the arch deacon of Elie his visitation held there, upon the nineteenth day of September, 1638. By Iohn Swan. Swan, John, d. 1671. 1639 (1639) STC 23515; ESTC S125547 12,451 34

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