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cause_n body_n soul_n spirit_n 3,520 5 5.4686 4 true
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A03950 Certaine godlie and learned sermons Made vpon these sixe following parables of our Sauiour Christ, declared in the Gospell. 1. Of the vncleane spirit. 2. Of the prodigall sonne. 3. Of the rich man and Lazarus. 4. Of the vvounded man. 5. Of the vnmercifull seruant. 6. Of the faithfull seruant. By S.I. I. S. 1601 (1601) STC 14058; ESTC S119692 196,316 502

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