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A18429 Hallelu-jah: or, King David's shrill trumpet, sounding a loude summons to the whole world, to praise God Delivered by way of commentarie and plaine exposition vpon the CXVII. Psalme. By Richard Chapman, minister of the Word of God at Hunmanbie in Yorkshire. Chapman, Richard, d. 1634. 1635 (1635) STC 4998; ESTC S122563 120,049 228

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