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A52045 A peace-offering to God a sermon preached to the honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament at their publique thanksgiving, September 7, 1641 : for the peace concluded between England and Scotland / by Stephen Marshall ... Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655. 1641 (1641) Wing M766; ESTC R14789 35,078 57

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