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evil_n evil_a heart_n thought_n 2,080 5 8.0009 4 false
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A89336 The touch-stone of conversion. Or, Marks of true faith. Wherein the impenitent sinner is rowsed. True beleever discovered. And doubting saint resolved. / By that excellent man of God now in heaven, Mr. Arthur Morton Scotch man. Morton, Arthur, Scotch man. 1647 (1647) Wing M2820; Thomason E1141_1; ESTC R210080 110,861 289

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