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cause_n justification_n justify_v work_n 8,142 5 6.6831 4 true
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A29252 Diatribae, or, Discourses upon select texts wherein several weighty truths are handled and applyed against the papist and the Socinian / by Henry Bagshaw. Bagshaw, Henry, 1632-1709. 1680 (1680) Wing B429; ESTC R25261 55,475 208

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