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A54843 The law and equity of the gospel, or, The goodness of our Lord as a legislator delivered first from the pulpit in two plain sermons, and now repeated from the press with others tending to the same end ... by Thomas Pierce ... Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. 1686 (1686) Wing P2185; ESTC R38205 304,742 736

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