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A85861 A remonstrance presented to O.P. Feb. 4. 1655. By J.G. D.D. A son, servant, and supplicant for the Church of England: in behalf of many thousands his distressed brethren (ministers of the Gospel, and other good schollars) who were deprived of all publique imployment, (as ministers, or schollars) by his declaration, Jan. 1. 1655. Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1660 (1660) Wing G365; Thomason E765_7; ESTC R207143 30,772 35

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