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A94303 Moderation iustified, and the Lords being at hand emproved, in a sermon at VVestminster before the Honorable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: preached at the late solemne fast, December 25. 1644. By Thomas Thorowgood B. of D. Rector of Grimston in the county of Norfolke: one of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order from that House. Thorowgood, Thomas, d. ca. 1669. 1644 (1644) Wing T1069; Thomason E23_6 31,603 39

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