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A62375 Civil magistracy by divine authority asserted and laid forth in a sermon, preached at the assises holden at Winchester, for the county of South-Hampton, on Thursday the 4th day of March, 1651/52 : afterward the same subject much enlarged, and in some particulars more cleared, and applyed, on the like occasion, at Taunton in Somerset, on Sunday in the assize week, Aug. 22, 1652 / by William Sclater ... Sclater, William, 1609-1661. 1653 (1653) Wing S914; ESTC R34025 36,513 52

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