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conscience_n blood_n good_a sprinkle_v 1,518 5 10.9497 5 true
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A32778 Words in season useful for those whose hearts are engaged to serve the will of God in this generation / from Abraham Cheare. Cheare, Abraham, d. 1668. 1668 (1668) Wing C3763; ESTC R24264 172,885 317

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