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religion_n cause_n church_n true_a 2,955 4 4.6756 4 false
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A85282 The fifth of November, or, The popish and schismaticall rebells. With their horrid plots, fair pretences, & bloudy practices, weighed one against another: and in opposition unto both two things asserted. 1 That the supreame authority of establishing, reforming, and vindicating religion is placed in the King. 2 That religion is not to be established or reform'd in bloud. 1644 (1644) Wing F891A; Thomason E43_8; ESTC R23274 14,141 27

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