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A93841 King David's case apply'd to King James and King William in a sermon preach'd at Christ-Church, Dublin, on the fifth of November, 1691 / by John Stearne ... Stearne, John, 1660-1745. 1691 (1691) Wing S5358; ESTC R42759 10,294 16

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