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A56609
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A brief account of the new sect of latitude-men together with some reflections upon the nevv philosophy / by S.P. of Cambridge, in answer to a letter from his friend at Oxford.
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Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.
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1662
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Wing P754; ESTC R18217
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