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A85486 The right vvay: or A direction for obtaining good successe in a weighty enterprise. Set out in a sermon preached on the 12th of September, 1648. before the Lords on a day of humiliation for a blessing on a treaty between His Majesties and the Parliaments commissioners. / By W. Gouge. Gouge, William, 1578-1653. 1648 (1648) Wing G1394; Thomason E463_1; ESTC R202327 28,997 43

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