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A63997 The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians of our age: wherein is shewed that the morality of the fourth Commandement is still in force to bind Christians unto the sanctification of the Sabbath day. Written by that learned assertor of the truth, William Twisse D.D. late prolocutor to the Assembly of Divines. Twisse, William, 1578?-1646.; Lake, Arthur, 1569-1626. Theses de Sabbato. 1652 (1652) Wing T3419; ESTC R222255 225,372 293

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