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truth_n deed_n light_n reprove_v 2,125 5 10.3012 5 false
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A64270 A disswasive from contention being a sermon preached and designed for the last itineration of the King's preachers in the county Palatine of Lancaster / by Zachary Taylor ... Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705. 1683 (1683) Wing T596; ESTC R81 21,461 36

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