Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n
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A42126
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Loyalty essential to Christianity being a sermon preached the thirtieth of June, 1685 upon the occasion of the news of the damnable rebellion in the west and in the course of the constant lecture in the parish church of Dedham in Essex / by Thomas Grey.
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Grey, Thomas.
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1685
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Wing G1971; ESTC R23956
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