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A67211 Primitive Christianity continued in the faith and practice of the people called Quakers being in answer to a pamphlet entituled, Primitive heresie &c. and which may serve as an appendix to a book entituled, An antidote against the venom of the snake in the grass, by George Whitehead / Joseph Wyeth. Wyeth, Joseph, 1663-1731. 1698 (1698) Wing W3761; ESTC R27627 39,601 74

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