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truth_n know_v speak_v word_n 9,131 5 4.2861 4 true
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A25352 A visitation in love to those of the people called Baptists, with whom the Lords Spirit yet ceaseth not to strive, that have not slain the witness by making war, and contending against the light ... by one who travels in the Spirit for their souls good ... J.A. Anderdon, John, 1624?-1685. 1660 (1660) Wing A3084; ESTC R35 11,450 16

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