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A03698 The shield of the righteous: or, The Ninety first Psalme, expounded, with the addition of doctrines and vses Verie necessarie and comfortable in these dayes of heauinesse, wherein the pestilence rageth so sore in London, and other parts of this kingdome. By Robert Horn, minister of Gods Word. Horne, Robert, 1565-1640. 1625 (1625) STC 13825; ESTC S104237 130,560 160

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