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A35015 An answer of a minister of the Church of England to a seasonable and important question, proposed to him by a ... member of the present House of Commons viz. what respect ought the true sons of the Church of England ... to bear to the religion of that church, whereof the King is a member? Cartwright, Thomas, 1634-1689.; A. B. 1687 (1687) Wing C696; ESTC R16020 49,784 64

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