Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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B00055
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Love and obedience or, Christs precept and promise. Being a sermon preached on Whitsunday last, 28 of May, 1637. in Guild-hall chappell, before the right honorable the Lord Major of this city of London.
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Freake, William
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1637
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STC 11347; ESTC S123109
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