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A32753 Gods mercy shewed to his people in giving them a faithful ministry and schooles of learning for the continual supplyes therof delivered in a sermon preached at Cambridg, the day after the commencement / by Charles Chauncy, B.D., President of Harvard Colledg in New-England ; published with some additions therunto at the request of diverse honoured and much respected friends ... Chauncy, Charles, 1592-1672. 1655 (1655) Wing C3738; ESTC W19762 28,505 62

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