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A60557 The true light discovered to all who desire to walk in the day in several little treatises / written by that faithful member of the true church of Christ Jesus (deceased) Stephen Smith. Smith, Stephen, 1623-1678. 1679 (1679) Wing S4211; ESTC R27491 132,412 385

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