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truth_n call_v church_n pillar_n 6,253 5 10.5659 5 true
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A54036 Reason regulate[d], or, Brief reflections upon a l[ate] treatise of human-reason by T.P. T. P. 1675 (1675) Wing P117; ESTC R25516 24,178 78

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