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A26679 Allegiance vindicated, or, The takers of the new oath of allegiance to K. William & Q. Mary justified and the lawfulness of taking it asserted, in its consistency with our former oaths, and also with the doctrine of the Reformed Church of England, concerning non-resistance & passive obedience / by a Divine of the Church of England. A. B. 1690 (1690) Wing A957; ESTC R23002 31,180 38

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