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A90685 The saints posture in dark times shewing what peaceable spirits they should have under dark and unexpected dispensations : set in a sermon preached in the cathedrall in Gloucester, on the 17th of March, 1649, being the the Lords day, and the time of the publick assize / by A. Palmer, M.A. Palmer, Anthony, 1618?-1679. 1650 (1650) Wing P217A; ESTC R42852 13,720 23

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