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A67247 The antidote: or, a seasonable discourse on Rom. 13. 1 Shewing the necessity and reasonableness of subjection to the higher powers. With an account of the divine right or original of government. By John VValker, M.A. Walker, John, 1650-1730. 1684 (1684) Wing W392; ESTC R222266 59,633 307

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