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A90512 Gospell courage, or Christian resolution for God, and his truth. In a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at Margarets in Westminster, at a publique fast, the 31. of May, 1643. / By Andrew Perne Master of Arts, sometimes fellow of Katherine Hall in Cambridge: now minister of Wilby in Northampton-Shire. Perne, Andrew, 1594-1654. 1643 (1643) Wing P1577; Thomason E55_12; ESTC R16176 18,919 39

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