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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69728	The darknes of atheism dispelled by the light of nature a physico-theologicall treatise / written by Walter Charleton ...	Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707.	1652 (1652)	Wing C3668; ESTC R1089	294,511	406

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