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A65896 The way of life and perfection livingly demonstrated in some serious animadversions or remarks and answers upon the book entituled The middle way of perfection, with indifferency between the orthodox and the Quaker, herein considered, and the naked truth as it is in Christ Jesus, opened in real love to the souls of men / by George Whitehead. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1676 (1676) Wing W1973; ESTC R20758 42,882 60

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