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A93436 The conspiracie of the wicked against the just. Laid open in a sermon preached at Eyke in Suffolk, Jan. 23. anno Dom. 1647. / By Zeph. Smyth. Preached and published, to set forth the grounds why the wicked lay such crimes to the charge of Gods people, as they are cleare of. Smyth, Zeph. (Zephaniah), fl. 1646-1648. 1648 (1648) Wing S4361; Thomason E467_8 33,776 32

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