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truth_n believe_v faith_n whole_a 2,315 5 5.6911 4 false
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A79552 Saint Chrysostome his Parænesis, or Admonition wherein hee recalls Theodorus the fallen. Or generally an exhortation for desperate sinners. / Translated by the Lord Viscount Grandison prisoner in the Tower.; Parænesis. English John Chrysostum, Saint, d. 407.; Grandison, William Villiers, Viscount, 1614-1643. 1654 (1654) Wing C3980; Thomason E1531_2; ESTC R208923 51,851 141

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