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A77856 The first sermon, preached to the Honourable House of Commons now assembled in Parliament at their publique fast. Novemb. 17. 1640. / By Cornelius Burges Doctor of Divinitie. Published by order of that House. Burges, Cornelius, 1589?-1665.; Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. 1641 (1641) Wing B5671; Thomason E204_8; ESTC R19018 57,778 90

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