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A78979 An indictment against England because of her selfe-murdering divisions: together vvith an exhortation to an England-preserving vnity and concord. Presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords in the Abby church at Westminster; at the late solemne fast, December 25. 1644. By Edmund Calamy, B.D. and pastour of Aldermanbury in London. Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666. 1645 (1645) Wing C256; Thomason E23_5; ESTC R21745 38,703 51

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