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truth_n let_v lord_n praise_v 1,625 5 9.2054 5 false
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A69364 Certaine select prayers gathered out of S. Augustine's meditations which he calleth his selfe talke with God.; De meditatione. English. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. 1574 (1574) STC 924; ESTC S100328 71,249 294

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