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truth_n know_v spirit_n way_n 4,718 5 4.9324 4 true
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A02036 Pauls crovvne of reioycing. Or The maner how to heare the word with profit. By Thomas Granger preacher of the word at Botterwike in Holland, neere Boston in Lincolnshire; Pauls crowne of rejoycing. Granger, Thomas, b. 1578. 1616 (1616) STC 12182; ESTC S114984 43,435 71

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