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A65864 Enthusiasm above atheism, or, Divine inspiration and immediate illumination (by God Himself) asserted and the children of light vindicated : in answer to a book entituled, The danger of enthusiasm discovered / by George Whitehead. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1674 (1674) Wing W1926; ESTC R24552 32,776 82

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