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truth_n holy_a spirit_n way_n 4,450 5 4.7553 4 true
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A58213 A real demonstration of the true order in the spirit of God and of the ground of all formality & idolatry, with a few words unto such as are concerned in it. Smith, William, d. 1673. 1663 (1663) Wing R456A; ESTC R31776 9,666 13

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