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
A76270	A nosegay of divine truths; wherein the chief points of religion are ingeniously discussed, and also the doctrines of predestination, reprobation, &c. rightly determined Highly necessary for all Christians to peruse. And digested into 50 chapters; both French and English, for the benefit of those who are desirous to improve themselves in the French or English tongues. By P.B. formerly of the order of S. Francis, now a convert to the Church of England	P. B.	1687 (1687)	Wing B152A; ESTC R230839	97,134	289

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