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A43663 The moral schechinah, or, A discourse of Gods glory in a sermon preached at the last Yorkshire-feast in Bow-church, London, June 11, 1682 / by George Hickes. Hickes, George, 1642-1715. 1682 (1682) Wing H1857; ESTC R10895 13,920 39

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