Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n
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A48198
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A letter to a member of Parliament with two discourses enclosed in it : I. the one shewing the reason why a law should pass to punish adultery with death, II. the other shewing the reasons why the writ, De hæretico comburendo, should be abolish'd.
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1675
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Wing L1682; ESTC R10913
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