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A26821 Truth's vindication, or, A gentle stroke to wipe off the foul aspersions, false accusations, and misrepresentations cast upon the people of God called Quakers, both with respect to their principle and their way of proselyting people over to them also An epistle to such of the Friends of Christ that have lately been convinced of the truth as it is in Jesus. Bathurst, Elizabeth, d. 1691. 1679 (1679) Wing B1137; ESTC R2590 87,826 120

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