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A65874 The nature of Christianity in the true light asserted in opposition to antichristianism, darkness, confusion, & sin-pleasing doctrines : being a looking glass for sin-pleasing professors of all sorts / written upon particular occasion herein signified, by a servant of Christ, G. Whitehead. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1671 (1671) Wing W1942; ESTC R39132 54,802 75

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