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A42369 A thanksgiving-sermon for the peace: preach'd at St Michael Crookedlane, December the 2d, 1697. By James Gardiner, M.A. rector of the said parish. Gardiner, James, 1637-1705. 1697 (1697) Wing G228A; ESTC R223633 20,128 32

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