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A42489 The love of truth and peace a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 29, 1640 / by Iohn Gauden ... Gauden, John, 1605-1662. 1641 (1641) Wing G363; ESTC R492 24,201 54

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