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A85785 The magistrates pourtraiture drawn from the Word, and preached in a sermon at Stowe-Market in Suffolk, upon August, the 20. 1656. before the election of Parliament-men for the same county. / By William Gurnall, M.A. of Eman. Coll. now pastor of the Church of Christ in Lavenham. Suffolk. Gurnall, William, 1617-1679. 1656 (1656) Wing G2259; Thomason E889_6; ESTC R202321 24,684 43

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