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A92853 Haman's vanity, or, A sermon displaying the birthlesse issues of church-destroying adversaries. Preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne thanksgiving, being on June 15. 1643. By Obadiah Sedgwick, Batchelor in Divinity, and Pastor of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of that House. Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658. 1643 (1643) Wing S2374; Thomason E56_6; ESTC R16869 19,380 39

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