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A rod to drive out the wilde bores, and subtill foxes, from amongst the vines that the vineyard may be kept cleer. Or, a gift sent to the priests; : to let them see themselves, that they may acknowledge their errors, and upon them own their condemnation to be just and right, now the truth doth so plainly appear. /

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Main Author:	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, : Printed, and are to be sold by Giles Calvert, at the Black Spread-Eagle at the west end of Pauls, 1655.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Society of Friends > Apologetic works > Early works to 1800. Tithes > England > History > Early works to 1800.
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