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sense_n believe_v faith_n hear_v 1,906 5 5.8456 4 false
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A11846 The eye of faith open to God unfolded in a sermon preached at the funerall of that vertuous and religious gentlewoman, Mrs. Julian Blackvvell, together with a narration of her vertuous life and happy death / by John Sedgvvick ... Sedgwick, John, 1600 or 1601-1643. 1640 (1640) STC 22149.7; ESTC S3177 32,588 142

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