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cause_n find_v great_a reason_n 2,541 5 4.6084 4 true
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A86883 A Brief receipt moral & Christian, against the passion of the heart, or sore of the mind, incident to most, and very grievous to many, in the trouble of enemies. / Being one single sermon by I. H. Minister of Froome. Published at this rate by itself, that any who need it, and have it. For the ease and benefit especially of the more tender, weak and melancholy; who feel these arrows stick in their spirits, but know not the way of plucking them out, or aswaging the pain of them. Humfrey, John, 1621-1719. 1658 (1658) Wing H3672; Thomason E1895_1; ESTC R209916 24,345 123

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