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A33542 Bourignianism detected, or, The delusions and errors of Antonia Bourignon, and her growing sect which may also serve for a discovery of all other enthusiastical impostures / by John Cockburn. Cockburn, John, 1652-1729. 1698 (1698) Wing C4804; ESTC R17688 48,522 82

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