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A sermon preached at the assizes in Salisbury upon Saturday, July 23. 1653 By Henry Carpenter, vicar of Steeple-Ashton in Wiltshire.
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Carpenter, Henry, 1605 or 6-1662.
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1653
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Wing C614A; ESTC R222501
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