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word_n	according_a	church_n	rule_n	3,991	5	6.7971	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59790	An answer to the request to Protestants, to produce plain Scriptures directly authorizing these tenets	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1687 (1687)	Wing S3264; ESTC R16978	12,957	22

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