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friend_n believe_v great_a know_v 1,037 5 3.2408 3 true
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A53085 The best acquaintance and highest honour of Christians, or, A discourse of acquaintance with God by Matthew Newcomen. Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669. 1668 (1668) Wing N905; ESTC R32164 42,574 130

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