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A65856 Christ's lamb defended against Satan's rage in a just vindication of the people called Quakers ... from the unjust attempts of John Pennyman and abettors, in his malicious book, styled, The Quakers unmasked, clearly evincing his by a lover of truth and peace, G.W. Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723. 1691 (1691) Wing W1917; ESTC R20009 52,095 70

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