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The cry of the oppressed from under their oppressions; : ascending up to Him, who will rebuke the oppressor and devourer, and deliver the innocent. Some of the sufferings of the people of God, called Quakers, concerning tythes and oaths, &c. By the branches which are a new springing forth of the remainder of the bitter root of Episcopacy, which yet remaineth unplucked up in the rigid presbytery. Presented to publick view

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1656.
Call number: 29997
Creator: Benson, Gervase (-1679)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated people: Fox, George, (1624-1691.)
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