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truth_n heart_n lord_n speak_v 4,579 5 4.5054 4 true
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A36315 Captives bound in chains made free by Christ their surety, or, The misery of graceless sinners and their recovery by Christ their saviour by T. Doolittle. Doolittle, Thomas, 1632?-1707. 1674 (1674) Wing D1880A; ESTC R26727 110,624 225

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