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A54509 Gods doings, and mans duty opened in a sermon preached before both Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, and the assembly of divines at the last thanksgiving day, April 2, for the recovering of the West, and disbanding 5000 of the Kings horse, &c., 1645 /1645 / by Hugh Peters ... Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660. 1646 (1646) Wing P1704; ESTC R6885 39,929 55

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