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Lex Pacifica, or, Gods own law of determining controversies explain'd and asserted in a sermon preached at Dorchester at the Assizes holden there for the county of Dorset, August 5, 1664 / by John Martin ...
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Martin, John, 1619-1693.
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Wing M843; ESTC R31215
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blood_n of_o their_o king_n shall_v dare_v public_o to_o justify_v in_o the_o very_a face_n of_o death_n and_o judgement_n so_o grievous_a a_o crime_n from_o the_o dictate_v of_o their_o private_a conscience_n and_o their_o follow_v of_o god_n as_o they_o term_v it_o which_o last_v blasphemous_a expression_n will_v not_o suffer_v i_o to_o leave_v you_o unacquainted_a with_o that_o remarkable_a caution_n for_o all_o in_o authority_n which_o fall_v many_o year_n since_o from_o the_o divine_a pen_n of_o that_o incomparable_a 8._o incomparable_a in_o praefat_fw-la sect._n 8._o hooker_n impossible_a say_v he_o it_o be_v that_o ever_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n shall_v imagine_v what_o will_v grow_v out_o of_o such_o error_n as_o go_v mask_v under_o the_o cloak_n of_o divine_a authority_n till_o time_n have_v bring_v forth_o the_o fruit_n of_o they_o for_o which_o cause_n it_o behove_v wisdom_n to_o fear_v the_o sequels_fw-fr thereof_o even_o beyond_o all_o apparent_a cause_n of_o fear_n but_o 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