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woman_n mean_v seed_n serpent_n 1,887 5 10.3579 5 false
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A51246 The redemption of the seed of God at hand declaring the return of the True Church out of the wilderness into her former state of glory / [by] Richard Moore. Moore, Richard, 1619-1683. 1677 (1677) Wing M2584; ESTC R31034 52,883 170

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