Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n
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A07876
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The excellencie of the mysterie of Christ Iesus Declared in an exposition, or meditation vpon the 16. verse of the first epistle of Saint Paul vnto Timothie.
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Moffett, Peter, d. 1617.
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STC 18247; ESTC S114252
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