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A86504 A sermon, preached before the Right Honourable, Thomas Foote, Lord Maior, and the right worshipfull the aldermen, sheriffs, and severall companies of the City of London. Vpon the generall day of thanksgiving, October the 8. 1650. at Christ-Church, London. / By Doctor Nathanael Homes, teacher of the Church at Mary Staynings, London. Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678. 1650 (1650) Wing H2576; Thomason E614_4; ESTC R202565 34,476 51

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