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A05191 A golden trumpet, to rowse vp a drowsie magistrate: or, A patterne for a governors practise drawne from Christs comming to, beholding of, and weeping ouer Hierusalem. As it was founded at Pauls Crosse the 1. of Aprill, 1624. By Iohn Lawrence preacher of the word of God in the citie of London. Lawrence, John, preacher of the word of God in London. 1624 (1624) STC 15325; ESTC S104883 75,729 126

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