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A26339 A sermon preach'd at St. Clement-Danes, the 29th of Septemb. 1700 occasion'd by the recantation of Mr. Clement Joynes, (lately a Quaker) / by J. Adams ... Adams, John, 1662-1720. 1700 (1700) Wing A487; ESTC R21388 15,699 30

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