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A51680 A Mystery of godlinesse and no cabala, or, A sincere account of the non-conformists conversation ... occasioned by a bitter and malitions [sic] paper called the Cabala. Birkenhead, John, Sir, 1616-1679. 1663 (1663) Wing M3184; ESTC R7629 26,519 43

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