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A67229 An anti-christian conspiracy detected, and Satan's champion defeated being a reply to an envious & scurrilous libel without any name to it, called, Work for a cooper : being also a vindication of my book, entituled, The antiquity of the Quakers ... / by me Thomas Wynne. Wynne, Thomas. 1679 (1679) Wing W3781; ESTC R34103 42,818 59

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which_o be_v within_o thy_o gate_n shall_v come_v and_o eat_v and_o be_v satisfy_v that_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n may_v bless_v thou_o in_o all_o the_o work_n of_o thy_o hand_n which_o thou_o do_v mark_v reader_n the_o use_n of_o tithe_n in_o their_o first_o institution_n be_v for_o the_o stranger_n the_o fatherless_a and_o widow_n they_o we●e_v to_o eat_v and_o be_v satisfy_v of_o they_o a_o very_a pious_a use_n under_o that_o dispensation_n and_o the_o priest_n have_v only_o a_o share_n with_o they_o deut._n 18_o vers_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o the_o priest_n the_o levite_n and_o all_o thè_z tribe_n of_o levi_n shall_v have_v no_o inheritance_n with_o israel_n they_o shall_v eat_v the_o offering_n of_o the_o lord_n make_v by_o fire_n and_o his_o inheritance_n 2._o therefore_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o inheritance_n among_o their_o brethren_n the_o lord_n be_v their_o inheritance_n as_o he_o have_v say_v unto_o they_o 3._o and_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o priest_n due_a from_o the_o people_n 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