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A45206
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The dreadfulness of the plague. Or A sermon preached in the parish-church of St. John the Evangelist, December 6th. being a day of public fasting. By Jos. Hunter M.A. and minister in York
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Hunter, Josiah, minister in York.
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1666
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Wing H3766; ESTC R219103
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