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A91904 The great calumny of The Quakers despising the Holy Scriptures, refuted out of their printed books, unjustly perverted, confusedly curtail'd and crowded, by William Mather in his Dagger-sheet. Robinson, William, of Durham. 1700 (1700) Wing R1725; ESTC R182827 4,770 1

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