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A47177 A sermon preached at the meeting of Protestant dissenters called Quakers in Turners-Hall, London, on the 16th of the second month, 1696 : being the publick day of thanksgiving for the deliverance of the King and Kingdom : to which is added a testimony ... to King William the III from the aforesaid people ... / by George Keith. Keith, George, 1639?-1716. 1696 (1696) Wing K208; ESTC R28960 18,109 32

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