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truth_n believe_v damn_v delusion_n 1,893 5 11.0930 5 false
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A29626 The famine of the word threat[e]ned to Israel, and Gods call to weeping and to mourning being two sermons preached on the fast day, Novemb. 13, 1678, and on the fast day, April 11, 1679 / by James Brome ... Brome, James, d. 1719.; Brome, James, d. 1719. Gods call to weeping and to mourning. 1679 (1679) Wing B4856; ESTC R18967 48,082 74

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