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A62739 A sermon preached near Exeter on Cant. c. vi. v. 13 being an exhortation to all Protestant dissenters to joyn together against popery. Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682. 1677 (1677) Wing T146; ESTC R1224 22,033 31

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