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A46650 A sermon preached on the day of the publick fast, April the 11th, 1679, at St. Margarets Westminster before the Honourable House of Commons / by William Jane ... Jane, William, 1645-1707. 1679 (1679) Wing J456; ESTC R13564 23,060 50

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