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A36132 A discovery of theisme together with such philosophical and mathematical observations as are consonant thereunto : deliver'd in a more refin'd manner then hitherto written, against atheisme and prophaness / by a person of quality. Person of quality. 1698 (1698) Wing D1660; ESTC R16081 23,490 112

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