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A76542 The mystery of phanaticism. Or, The artifices of dissenters to support their schismĀ· Together with the evil and danger of them. Set forth in several letters to a friend. Wherein is made appear, that nothing but the subtilty and cunning of their teachers, doth now hinder the people from conformity. By a divine of the Church of England. A. B.; Taylor, William, fl. 1698. 1698 (1698) Wing B23A; ESTC R208943 49,991 144

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