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A61477 The way of God with his people in these nations opened in a thanksgiving sermon, preached on the 5th of November, 1656, before the Right Honorable the High Court of Parliament / by Peter Sterry. Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672. 1657 (1657) Wing S5487; ESTC R14198 34,785 58

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