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spirit_n life_n live_v spiritual_a 7,714 5 7.2850 4 false
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A44683 The living temple, or, A designed improvement of that notion that a good man is the temple of God by John Howe ... Howe, John, 1630-1705. 1675 (1675) Wing H3032; ESTC R4554 157,616 292

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