Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n
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A32308
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Divine passions piously and pathetically expressed in three severall bookes / written and composed for private consolation ... by Edward Calver.
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Calver, Edward, fl. 1649.
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1643
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Wing C313; ESTC R28545
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