Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

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state_n	church_n	lord_n	time_n	2,567	5	3.4734	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57130	The author and subject of healing in the church set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honorable the Parliament of England at St. Margarets Church in Westminster, on Wednesday, April 25, 1660, being the day of their assembly / by Dr. Edward Reynolds ...	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing R1239; ESTC R36785	18,560	46

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