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A40201 The hypocrites fast and feast not God's holy day hat-honour to men, man's institution not God's : presented to the view and consideration of papistical and Protestant time servers and day-observers, vvill-worshippers and persecutors, and satisfaction of the moderate inquirer / by George Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1677 (1677) Wing F1845; ESTC R31684 8,837 16

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