Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64229	A funeral sermon on the decease of the Reverend Mr. Richard Mayo late minister of the gospel in London, who died the 8th of September, 1695 / by Nathanael Taylor.	Taylor, Nathanael, d. 1702.	1695 (1695)	Wing T543; ESTC R5634	22,460	40

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