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truth_n believe_v faith_n reveal_v 5,457 5 8.8529 5 true
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A65927 A discourse of the necessity of Revelation and an holy life deliver'd in a visitation-sermon at Guilford, October 7, 1697 / by William Whitfeld. Whitfeld, William, 1658-1717. 1698 (1698) Wing W2014; ESTC R26358 13,394 24

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