Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A48940
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Tythe no gospel maintenance for gospel ministers In an epistle to all who conscienciously suffer for not paying them. By William Loddington.
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Loddington, William, 1626?-1711.
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1695
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Wing L2808; ESTC R220162
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