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truth_n seek_v spirit_n worship_v 7,034 5 9.8542 5 true
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A57240 The substance of a letter occasioned by a discourse of the time called Christmas, from an abuse on it Richardson, Richard, 1623?-1689. 1680 (1680) Wing R1396; ESTC R28478 9,501 13

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