Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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The love of truth and peace a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 29, 1640 / by Iohn Gauden ...
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Gauden, John, 1605-1662.
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1641
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Wing G363; ESTC R492
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