Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

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ground_n	authority_n	church_n	true_a	2,292	5	5.6438	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75279	A vindication of the Church of England from the foul aspersions of schism and heresie unjustly cast upon her by the Church of Rome. In two parts	Altham, Michael, 1633-1705.	1687 (1687)	Wing A2935A; ESTC R229441	47,990	70

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