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A43844 Two sermons preached before the judges of assize 1. At Reading, on Cant: 7.4, 2. At Abingdon, on Ps. 82.1 : with two other sermons preached at St. Maries on Oxford, 1. On I Cor. 15.10, 2. On Psalm 58.11 / by John Hinckley ... Hinckley, John, 1617?-1695. 1657 (1657) Wing H2049; ESTC R37864 133,129 357

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