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truth_n good_a lord_n people_n 4,014 5 4.8063 4 true
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A30608 The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child of God and the misery of having ones portion in this world, unfolding the state of true happiness with the marks, means, and members thereof / by Ier. Burroughs. Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646. 1657 (1657) Wing B6113; ESTC R23884 109,655 304

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