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A85659 Nehemiah's teares and prayers for Judah's affliction, and the ruines and repaire of Jerusalem. Delivered in a sermon in the Church of Magarets Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons upon the day of their monethly humiliation, April 24. 1644. By John Greene Master of Arts, late pastour of Pencomb in the countie of Hereford. Greene, John, Master of Arts. 1644 (1644) Wing G1822; Thomason E48_7; ESTC R14498 37,819 46

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