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A28847 Quakerism a-la-mode, or, A history of quietism particularly that of the Lord Arch-bishop of Cambray and Madam Guyone ... also an account of the management of that controversie (now depending at Rome) betwixt the Arch-bishop's book / writ by Messire Jacques Benignes Bossuel [sic] ... ; done into English from the original printed at Paris.; Relation sur le quietisme. English. 1698 Bossuet, Jacques BĂ©nigne, 1627-1704. 1698 (1698) Wing B3789; ESTC R30850 70,885 136

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