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spirit_n ghost_n holy_a word_n 31,891 5 4.5048 3 true
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A64073 A sermon preach'd before the Queen, at White-Hall March xxiii, 1693/4 / by John Tyler ... Tyler, John, d. 1724. 1694 (1694) Wing T3560; ESTC R20921 8,947 26

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