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A74782 A sure stay for a sinking state, presented in a sermon preached at Margarets Westminster before the Honourable House of Commons at their solemne fast, Nov. 24. 1647. / By Richard Kentish, preacher of the Gospel at Katharines, near the Tower London. Kentish, Richard, Rev. 1648 (1648) Wing K320; Thomason E416_30; ESTC R204500 24,581 40

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