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judgement_n according_a law_n see_v 1,604 5 3.6203 3 false
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A51567 The spirit of the hat, or, The government of the Quakers among themselves as it hath been exercised of late years by George Fox, and other leading-men, in their Monday, or second-days meeting at Devonshire-House, brought to light : in a bemoaning letter of a by G.I. Mucklow, William, 1631-1713. 1700 (1700) Wing M3035_VARIANT; ESTC R32093 22,482 45

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