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A78421 The account audited and discounted: or, a vindication of the three-fold diatribee, of [brace] 1. Supersition, 2. Will-worship, 3. Christmas festivall. Against Doctor Hammonds manifold paradiatribees. / By D.C. preacher of the Word at Billing-Magn. in Northamptonshire. Cawdrey, Daniel, 1588-1664. 1658 (1658) Wing C1621; Thomason E1850_1; ESTC R209720 293,077 450

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