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A47147 A further discovery of the spirit of falshood & persecution in Sam. Jennings, and his party that joyned with him in Pensilvania, and some abettors that cloak and defend him here in England in answer to his scandalous book, called, The state of the case. Keith, George, 1639?-1716. 1694 (1694) Wing K170; ESTC R784 61,330 54

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