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A58499 Remarks upon a late pamphlet entituled, A brief and full account of Mr. Tate's and Mr. Brady's New version of the Psalms by a Divine of the Church of England. A. B.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. New version of the Psalms of David.; Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726. 1699 (1699) Wing R937; ESTC R2258 11,050 28

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