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A56805 The conformist's fourth plea for the nonconformists wherein several considerations are offered for Christian forbearance : with some relations of some of their sufferings ..., together with some account of the infamous lives and lamentable deaths of some informers / by a charitable and compassionate conformist, author of the former Pleas. Pearse, Edward, 1631-1694. 1683 (1683) Wing P974; ESTC R34547 112,844 120

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