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A65994 A sermon preached at Stow, in the county of Bucks, on the ninth of September, 1683 being the day of thanksgiving appointed by the King's declaration, for acknowledging God's great mercy in discovering and defeating the late treasonable conspiracy against His Sacred Majesty's person and government / by Tho. Wagstaffe ... Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712. 1683 (1683) Wing W212; ESTC R1767 17,329 42

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