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A93747 The necessity of keeping still unto the ordinances of religion, prayer, hearing the word, baptism, and the Lord's Supper set forth in a sermon preached in the countrey, on Acts VI.4. : wherein is also laid open, and manifested the errour of those people (commonly call'd Quakers) who do neglect the two latter. Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703. 1698 (1698) Wing S5126; ESTC R202451 24,791 32

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