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friend_n affection_n love_n love_v 2,519 5 6.3625 4 true
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A30675 A help to holy walking, or, A guide to glory containing directions how to worship God, and to walk with him in the whole course of our lives / by Edward Bury. Bury, Edward, 1616-1700. 1675 (1675) Wing B6206; ESTC R23864 205,598 379

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