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A89237 The jus divinum of government; or Magistracy proved to be God's ordinance, and justice the magistrates duty. In a plain sermon preached before the judges of assize at East-Grinstead in the County of Sussex. By Zacheus Mountagu. [Mountagu, Zacheus]. 1652 (1652) Wing M2478; Thomason E1286_2; ESTC R208950 22,057 61

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