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A75965 The male of the flock, or A sermon preached at St. Pauls, before the right honourable, the Lord Mayor, and the right vvorshipfull, the aldermen of the city of London, Septemb: the 9th: 1655. By Benjamin Agas, minister of Cheneyes in Bucks. Agas, Benjamin. 1655 (1655) Wing A758A; Thomason E861_3; ESTC R206648 27,438 38

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