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A62021 Signa coeli: the signs of heaven, or, A sermon on a text in the tenth chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Jeremiah, at the second verse preached on ... the nine and twentieth day of March ... 1652 ... by John Swan ... Swan, John, d. 1671. 1652 (1652) Wing S6237; ESTC R33890 16,877 30

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