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A30581 Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1657 (1657) Wing B6080; ESTC R29608 274,959 414

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