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A34209 The Concurrence & unanimity of the people called Quakers in owning and asserting the principal doctrines of the Christian religion demonstrated in the sermons or declarations of several of their publick preachers ... / exactly taken in shorthand as they were delivered by them at their meeting-houses ... and now faithfully transcribed and published, with the prayer at the end of each sermon. 1694 (1694) Wing C5715; ESTC R29314 126,065 208

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