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Quotation dates: 1640
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Thrisselist, n. [Thrissill n.] One who subscribes to the tenets of the book Thrissels Banner, a Covenanting Presbyterian. — 1640 Cuningham Journal 22.
The faythful Thrisselists … resolve to depend upon the trueth of Gods never fayling promises
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