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Elizabeth Stirredge (1634-1706) was a Christian author. She was the author of Strength in weakness manifest in the life, trials and Christian testimony of that faithful servant and handmaid of the Lord. [1] [2] Stirredge was a Quaker. She died in Hempsted, aged 72.

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