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A92855 The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, Ianuary 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgvvick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden. Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658. 1647 (1647) Wing S2377; Thomason E372_13; ESTC R201317 27,115 48

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