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A90993 Mans delinquencie attended by divine justice intermixt with mercy. Display'd in a sermon to the Right Honourable the House of Lords assembled in Parliament, in the Abby Church at Westminster, Novemb. 25. 1646. being the solemn day of their monethly fast. / By William Price, B.D. Pastor of Waltam-Abby; and one of the Assembly of Divines. Price, William, d. 1666. 1646 (1646) Wing P3401; Thomason E363_1; ESTC R201226 28,963 60

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