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A56697 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the aldermen of the City of London at Guild-Hall Chappel, Octob. 31, 1680 being the XXI Sunday after Trinity / by Symon Patrick ... Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707. 1680 (1680) Wing P842; ESTC R13508 19,534 54

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