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A49699 The power of kings from God a sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Sarum the XXIX day of June, 1683 upon occasion of the detection of the late horrid plot against the life of His Scared Majesty / by Paul Lathom. Lathom, Paul. 1683 (1683) Wing L574; ESTC R25132 20,903 43

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