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A54084 Keith against Keith, or, Some more of George Keith's contradictions and absurdities collected out of his own books (not yet retracted) upon a review : together with a reply to George Keith's late book, entituled, The Antichrists and Sadduces detected among a sort of Quakers, &c. / by John Penington. Penington, John, 1655-1710. 1696 (1696) Wing P1228; ESTC R23208 84,028 154

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