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A27405 The cry of the oppressed from under their oppressions, ascending up to Him, who will rebuke the oppressor and devourer, and deliver the innocent some of the sufferings of the people of God, called Quakers, concerning tythes and oaths, &c. : by the branches which are a new springing forth of the remainder of the bitter root of Episcopacy, which yet remaineth unplucked up in the rigid presbytery ... Benson, Gervase, d. 1679.; Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1656 (1656) Wing B1900; ESTC R18287 26,890 50

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