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A52110 Lex Pacifica, or, Gods own law of determining controversies explain'd and asserted in a sermon preached at Dorchester at the Assizes holden there for the county of Dorset, August 5, 1664 / by John Martin ... Martin, John, 1619-1693. 1664 (1664) Wing M843; ESTC R31215 24,813 40

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