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A56396 Religion and loyalty, or, A demonstration of the power of the Christian church within it self the supremacy of sovereign powers over it, the duty of passive obedience, or non-resistance to all their commands : exemplified out of the records of the Chruch and the Empire from the beginning of Christianity to the end of the reign of Julian / by Samuel Parker. Parker, Samuel, 1640-1688. 1684 (1684) Wing P470; ESTC R25518 269,648 630

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