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cause_n authority_n great_a king_n 1,863 5 3.5392 3 false
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A46957 Notes upon the Phœnix edition of the Pastoral letter Part I / by Samvel Johnson. Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703. 1694 (1694) Wing J835; ESTC R11877 45,073 120

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