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A80745 The saints fulnesse of joy in their fellowship with God presented in a sermon preached July 21. 1646. before the Honorable House of Commons in Margarets Westminster, being the day appointed for thankesgiving for the surrender of Oxford. By the least of saints, and the meanest of the ministers of the Gospel, W. Cradock. Cradock, Walter, 1606?-1659. 1646 (1646) Wing C6765; ESTC R231691 24,702 43

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