Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

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power_n	king_n	ordinance_n	resist_v	5,553	5	9.4425	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52340	A sermon preached in the cathedral church of Carlisle, on Sunday Feb. 15, 1684/5 being the next day after our Soveraign Lord James the Second, was proclaim'd King in that city. / by Will. Nicolson ...	Nicolson, William, 1655-1727.	1685 (1685)	Wing N1149; ESTC R17490	9,256	29

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