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soul_n affection_n heart_n love_n 6,065 5 5.2645 4 false
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A42148 Some prison-meditations and experiences with some hints touching the fall of the mother of harlots, and the exaltation of the son of God upon the throne of David / written ... by John Griffith ... Griffith, John, 1622?-1700. 1663 (1663) Wing G2004; ESTC R11497 73,641 162

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