A sleeping sicknes the distemper of the times: as it was discovered in its curse and cure. In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres in the Abby-Church at Westminister upon the 27th of January, the day appointed for their solemne and publicke humiliation / By William Jenkyn.

  • William Jenkyn
Date:
1647
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Credit: A sleeping sicknes the distemper of the times: as it was discovered in its curse and cure. In a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres in the Abby-Church at Westminister upon the 27th of January, the day appointed for their solemne and publicke humiliation / By William Jenkyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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