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A59897 Their present Majesties government proved to be throughly settled, and that we may submit to it, without asserting the principles of Mr. Hobbs shewing also, that allegiance was not due to the usurpers after the late civil war : occasion'd by some late pamphlets against the Reverend Dr. Sherlock. Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. 1691 (1691) Wing S3368; ESTC R9971 21,307 36

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