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A54055 Some considerations proposed to this distracted nation of England concerning the present design and work of God therein, upon their submitting whereto doth their settlement alone depend, and not upon any form of government, or change of governors, as that spirit which seeketh their ruin, tempteth them to believe. Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. 1659 (1659) Wing P1191; ESTC R8190 3,831 1

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