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cause_n	faith_n	justification_n	true_a	3,028	5	5.9571	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26833	A sermon preach'd before the Queen in Christ-Church, Canterbury, May iv. 1694 by John Battely ...	Battely, John, 1647-1708.	1694 (1694)	Wing B1151; ESTC R11113	9,154	27

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