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truth_n faith_n life_n true_a 3,991 5 4.8169 4 true
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A66766 A paraphrase on the ten commandments in divine poems illustrated with twelve copper plates, shewing how personal punishments has been inflicted on the transgressors of these commandment, as is recorded in the Holy Scripture, never before printed : also, a metrical paraphrase upon the creed and Lord's Prayer / written by George Wither ... Wither, George, 1588-1667. 1697 (1697) Wing W3177; ESTC R11576 41,427 136

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