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A29535 Seasonable reflections on a late pamphlet entituled A history of passive obedience since the Reformation wherein the true notion of passive obedience is settled and secured from the malicious interpretations of ill-designing men. Bainbrigg, Thomas, 1636-1703. 1690 (1690) Wing B474; ESTC R10695 44,461 69

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