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A39374 Three letters to the author of a book, entituled The Lord's day vindicated, or The first day of the week the Christian Sabbath together with animadversions on a railing pamphlet, entituled The sauciness of a seducer rebuked, or, The pride and folly of an ignorant scribler made manifest / by Edmund Elys ... Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707. 1694 (1694) Wing E696; ESTC R41126 4,935 8

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