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cause_n great_a see_v think_v 3,978 5 3.8757 3 true
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B09713 Some of the Quakers contradictory testimonies about oaths and swearing; whereby it does appear their pretensions of being infallible, and that their books and papers are given forth by the immediate eternal spirit of God*, is but a vain boast, and a very great and strong delusion. ... Pennyman, John, 1628-1706. 1696 (1696) Wing P1417B; ESTC R233451 6,535 8

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