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A77718 Solomons blessed land a sermon upon Ecclesiastes X.17. Preached before an extraordinary assembly at Newark upon Trent, May 29. 1660. Being the birth-day of our soveraign lord Charles II. King of Engladnd, [sic] &c. / By Samuel Brunsell rector of Bingham in Notting. Brunsell, Samuel, 1619 or 20-1688. 1660 (1660) Wing B5233; Thomason E1033_9; ESTC R208965 28,934 40

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