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A58811 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, at Guild-Hall Chappel, upon the 5th of November, 1673 in commemoration of Englands deliverance from the Gun-powder treason / by John Scott, Minister of St. Thomas's in Southwark. Scott, John, 1639-1695. 1673 (1673) Wing S2065; ESTC R15382 20,135 39

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