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“And the Lord’s power was over all”: Calvinist anxiety, sacred confidence, and George Fox’s journal. / Hinds, Hilary.
In: ELH: English Literary History, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2008, p. 841-870.

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Hinds, H 2008, '“And the Lord’s power was over all”: Calvinist anxiety, sacred confidence, and George Fox’s journal', ELH: English Literary History, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 841-870. <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/elh/v075/75.4.hinds.html>

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Hinds, H. (2008). “And the Lord’s power was over all”: Calvinist anxiety, sacred confidence, and George Fox’s journal. ELH: English Literary History, 75(4), 841-870. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/elh/v075/75.4.hinds.html

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Hinds H. “And the Lord’s power was over all”: Calvinist anxiety, sacred confidence, and George Fox’s journal. ELH: English Literary History. 2008;75(4):841-870.

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Hinds, Hilary. / “And the Lord’s power was over all” : Calvinist anxiety, sacred confidence, and George Fox’s journal. In: ELH: English Literary History. 2008 ; Vol. 75, No. 4. pp. 841-870.

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