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truth_n hear_v know_v see_v 3,553 5 3.1221 3 true
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A40351 A visitation of love unto all people (in whose hearts there are any true honest tender desires begotten towards God and his righteousness) in what sect or opinion or profession soever they be ... / by a labourer in the power of truth (which doth make free) for the deliverance and freedom of the righteous seed, George Fox the younger. Fox, George, d. 1661. 1659 (1659) Wing F2018; ESTC R28243 10,997 17

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