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A62599 A sermon preached at Lincolns-Inn-Chappel, on the 31th of January, 1688 being the day appointed for a publick thanksgiving to Almighty God for having made His Highness the Prince of Orange the glorious instrument of the great deliverance of this kingdom from popery & arbitrary power / by John Tillotson ... Tillotson, John, 1630-1694. 1689 (1689) Wing T1236; ESTC R6939 16,918 45

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