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A53716 Ouranōn Ourania, the shaking and translating of heaven and earth a sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled on April 19, a day set apart for extraordinary humiliation / by John Owen. Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1649 (1649) Wing O789; ESTC R575 33,598 48

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