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A77362 Christs coming opened in a sermon before the honourable house of commons in Margaret's Westminster, May 17, 1648 being the day appointed for Thanksgiving for the great Victory in Wales / by William Bridge ... Bridge, William, 1600?-1670. 1648 (1648) Wing B4451; Thomason E471_3 19,393 30

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