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A76115 The vvaters of Marah sweetned. A thanks-giving sermon. Preached at Taunton, in the county of Somerset, May 11. 1647. for the gracious deliverance of that poore towne from the strait and bloody siege. / By T.B. Master of Arts, and a minister of the gospel in that county. Batt, Timothy, 1613-1692. 1648 (1648) Wing B1148; Thomason E433_19; ESTC R206196 14,053 24

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