Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n
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A65201
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The mysteries of Mount Calvary opened and improved In a dialogue betwixt Christ and the soul. By J.V. rector of Woodston, in the county of Huntington.
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J. V., rector of Woodston, in the county of Huntington.
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1686
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Wing V9; ESTC R222549
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