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A53927 A sermon preached at St. Edmonds-Bury, in Suffolk, at the assizes, March 18th, 1692/3 before Lord Chief Justice Holt and Judge Rokeby and William Hammond, Esq., high-sheriff for that county / by Samuel Peck, lecturer of Ipswich. Peck, Samuel. 1693 (1693) Wing P1037A; ESTC R35100 10,033 32

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