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heart_n body_n spirit_n vital_a 3,629 5 10.6721 5 true
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A59601 Immanuel, or, A discovery of true religion as it imports a living principle in the minds of men, grounded upon Christ's discourse with the Samaritaness : being the latter clause of The voice crying in a wilderness, or, A continuation of the angelical life / mostly composed at the same time by S.S. Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696. 1667 (1667) Wing S3038; ESTC R35174 154,749 423

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