Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

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law_n	covenant_n	faith_n	gospel_n	6,546	5	6.9138	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81577	A short essay of modern divinity, by Robert Dixon. D.D.	Dixon, Robert, d. 1688.	1681 (1681)	Wing D1748A; ESTC R231408	33,711	62

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