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A43579 Israel's lamentation after the Lord, or, A discourse, wherein every well-wisher to Zion is excited, and directed how to lament after the Lord with prayers and tears, to maintain the ordinances of God, or God's presence with his ordinances amongst us being some meditations upon 1 Sam. 7.2. Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702. 1683 (1683) Wing H1768; ESTC R22352 67,400 163

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