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A89500 Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and distracted times. Discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable house of Commons at Margarets Westminster on their solemne day of fast, June 30. 1647. / By Tho: Manton Minister of Stoke-Newington. Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677. 1647 (1647) Wing M525; Thomason E395_1; ESTC R201634 37,335 60

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