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lord_n believe_v faith_n word_n 11,191 5 4.5836 4 false
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B10261 An exhortation to his dearely beloued countrimen, all the natiues of the countie of Lancaster, inhabiting in and about the Citie of London; tending to perswade and stirre them vp to a yearely contribution, for the erecting of lectures, and maintaining of some godly and painfull preachers in such places of that country as have most neede, by reason of ignorance and superstition there abounding: / composed by George Walker pastor of St. Iohn the Euangelists ... Walker, George, B.D., d. 1651. 1641 (1641) Wing W357A; ESTC R186166 17,398 26

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