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A47892 No blinde guides, in answer to a seditious pamphlet of J. Milton's intituled Brief notes upon a late sermon titl'd, The fear of God and the King preached, and since published, by Matthevv Griffith, D. D., and chaplain to the late king, &c. addressed to the author. L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. 1660 (1660) Wing L1279; ESTC R13799 10,710 20

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