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A27001 The Quakers catechism, or, The Quakers questioned, their questions answered, and both published for the sake of those of them that have not yet sinned unto death and of those ungrounded novices that are most in danger of their seduction / by R[i]chard Baxter. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1655 (1655) Wing B1363; ESTC R28362 39,590 58

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