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A85710 A sermon preached in the Citie of London by a lover of truth. Touching the power of a king, and proving out of the word of God, that the authoritie of a king is onely from God and not of man. Griffith, Matthew, 1599?-1665. 1643 (1643) Wing G2017; Thomason E104_17; ESTC R22414 21,757 29

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