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37_o john_n fitz-william_n d._n d._n pag._n 01_o william_n sherlock_n d._n d._n pag._n 15_o paul_n lathom_n prebend_n of_o sarum_n pag._n 20_o benjamin_n calamy_n d._n d._n pag._n 25_o william_n bolton_n scholmaster_n of_o the_o charterhouse_n pag._n 30_o john_n price_n d._n d._n pag._n 33_o charles_n powel_n m._n a._n pag._n 43_o william_n smith_n prebend_n of_o norwich_n pag._n 47_o miles_n barnes_n d._n d._n pag._n 51_o henry_n hesketh_n minister_n of_o st._n helen_n pag._n 55_o john_n harrison_n d._n d._n pag._n 58_o edward_n pell_v d._n d._n pag._n 60_o luke_n milbourne_n pag._n 65_o a_o thanksgiving_n sermon_n against_o monmouth_n rebellion_n 29_o july_n 1685._o edward_n pell_v d._n d._n pag._n 68_o
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the_o remonstrance_n from_o the_o reverend_a father_n in_o god_n francis_z lord_z bishop_n of_o ely_z and_o several_a other_o the_o most_o eminent_a divine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n against_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o p_o o._n and_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a that_o invite_v him._n be_v a_o address_n from_o the_o pulpit_n to_o the_o king_n in_o fifteen_o sermon_n denounce_v damnation_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o abdicator_n of_o god_n anoint_v and_o the_o abettor_n of_o this_o rebellion_n concilia_fw-la callida_fw-la et_fw-la inhonesta_fw-la pri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fronte_n loeta_fw-la tractatudura_fw-it eventu_fw-la tristia_fw-la tacitus_n dublin_n print_v for_o alderman_n james_n malone_n bookseller_n in_o skinner-row_n 1689._o to_o the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o god_n anoint_v and_o vicegerent_a to_o the_o almighty_a james_n the_o second_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n of_o england_n scotland_n france_n and_o ireland_n king_n in_o vindication_n of_o the_o principle_n 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