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A47744 Five discourses by the author of The snake in the grass viz. On water baptism, episcopacy, primitive heresie of the Quakers, reflections on the Quakers, a brief account of the Socinian trinity ; to which is added a preface to the whole.; Selections. 1700 Leslie, Charles, 1650-1722. 1700 (1700) Wing L1133; ESTC R1214 55,897 120

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