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A42429 A description of the unregenerate and the truly Christian temper or state in a sermon preach'd before the University of Cambridge, on commencement Sunday, in the forenoon, June 30, 1700 / by John Gaskarth ... Gaskarth, John, d. 1732. 1700 (1700) Wing G286; ESTC R10111 23,817 34

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