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A25248 Redeeming the time a sermon preached at Preston in Lancashire, January 4th, 1657 at the funeral of the honourable lady, the Lady Margaret Houghton / by Isaac Ambrose. Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.; Houghton, Margaret, Lady, d. 1657. 1674 (1674) Wing A2969; ESTC R29590 26,695 20

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