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A79475 A plot for the good of posterity. Communicated in a sermon to the Honorable House of Commons for the sanctifying of the monthly fast. March 25. 1646. / By Francis Cheynell. Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665. 1646 (1646) Wing C3814; Thomason E329_11; ESTC R200698 45,495 60

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