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A90288 A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons, in Parliament assembled: on January 31. A day of solemne humiliation. With a discourse about toleration, and the duty of the civill magistrate about religion, thereunto annexed. Humbly presented to them, and all peace-loving men of this nation. / By John Owen, pastor of the Church of Christ, which is at Coggeshall in Essex. Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1649 (1649) Wing O805; Thomason E540_25; Thomason E549_1; ESTC R203104 74,810 103

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