Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n
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A66075
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Counsels and comforts for troubled consciences contained in a letter, lately written to a friend / by Henry Wilkinson ...
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Wilkinson, Henry, 1616-1690.
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Wing W2234; ESTC R34095
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