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love_n affection_n heart_n let_v 3,737 5 4.4169 3 false
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A05967 A caueat for cold Christians. In a sermon preached by Mr. Paul Bayne ... Wherein the common disease of Christians, with the remedie, is plainly and excellently set downe for all that will vse it Baynes, Paul, d. 1617. 1618 (1618) STC 1628; ESTC S101118 16,065 32

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