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A49129
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A resolution of certain queries concerning submission to the present government ... by a divine of the Church of England, as by law establisht.
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Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.
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1689
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Wing L2980; ESTC R21420
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1._o ch_n 4._o 4._o 7._o n._n 3._o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v say_v grotius_n that_o man_n do_v not_o at_o first_o unite_v in_o civil_a community_n by_o any_o command_n from_o god_n but_o voluntary_o and_o from_o the_o experience_n which_o they_o have_v that_o private_a family_n be_v unable_a to_o resist_v any_o foreign_a force_n from_o hence_o grow_v civil_a power_n which_o st._n peter_n therefore_o call_v a_o humane_a ordinance_n though_o elsewhere_o it_o be_v call_v a_o divine_a ordinance_n because_o god_n do_v approve_v thereof_o as_o suitable_a and_o convenient_a for_o the_o good_a of_o mankind_n but_o when_o god_n approve_v of_o a_o humane_a law_n he_o must_v be_v suppose_v to_o do_v it_o as_o humane_a and_o after_o a_o humane_a manner_n concern_v the_o rise_n of_o our_o government_n which_o be_v the_o second_o query_n i_o shall_v search_v no_o far_o than_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n call_v the_o conqueror_n who_o in_o truth_n disclaim_v that_o title_n pretend_v a_o right_a 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