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A30038 Quakerism withering and Christianity reviving, or, A brief reply to the Quakers pretended vindication in answer to a printed sheet deliver'd to the Parliament wherein their errors, both in fundamentals and circumstantials are further detected, and G. Whitehead further unmask'd / by an earnest contender for the Christian faith, Francis Bugg. Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724? 1694 (1694) Wing B5386; ESTC R23819 36,756 82

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