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A59803 The case of the allegiance due to soveraign powers further consider'd, and defended with a more particular respect to the doctrine of non-resistance and passive-obedience : together with a seasonable perswasive to our New Dissenters / by Will. Sherlock ... Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. 1691 (1691) Wing S3277; ESTC R13361 22,670 34

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