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cause_n love_n love_v see_v 3,860 5 4.0181 3 true
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A02036 Pauls crovvne of reioycing. Or The maner how to heare the word with profit. By Thomas Granger preacher of the word at Botterwike in Holland, neere Boston in Lincolnshire; Pauls crowne of rejoycing. Granger, Thomas, b. 1578. 1616 (1616) STC 12182; ESTC S114984 43,435 71

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