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A81372 VindiciƦ magistratuum. or, a sober plea for subjection to present government. According to the command and special direction of God himself, in his holy scriptures. / By the meanest of the Lord's tenderers of his great honour, and weal of his saints. C. D. 1658 (1658) Wing D12; Thomason E2120_1; ESTC R210149 85,481 128

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