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A90061 The craft and cruelty of the churches adversaries, discovered in a sermon preached at St. Margarets in Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament. Novemb. 5, 1642. By Mathew Newcomen, minister of the Gospell at Dedham in Essex. Published by order of the House of Commons. Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.; England and Wales. Parliament. 1643 (1643) Wing N907; Thomason E128_1; ESTC R18223 52,376 80

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