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The great question to be considered by the King, and this approaching Parliament, briefly proposed, and modestly discussed: : (to wit) how far religion is concerned in policy or civil government, and policy in religion? With an essay rightly to distinguish these great interests, upon the disquisition of which a sufficient basis is proposed for the firm settlement of these nations, to the most probable satisfaction of the several interests and parties therein. /

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Main Author:	Penn, William, 1644-1718
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London : publisher not identified, 1679]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Church and state > England > Early works to 1800. Sovereignty > England > Early works to 1800.
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