The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Begun in the Year 1641. With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration and Return, Upon the 29th of May in the Year 1660 |
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For what Nation is there so great , who hath God so nigh unto them , as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for ? And what Nation is there so great that hath Statutes , and Judgments so righteous as all this Law ...
For what Nation is there so great , who hath God so nigh unto them , as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for ? And what Nation is there so great that hath Statutes , and Judgments so righteous as all this Law ...
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| Title | The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Begun in the Year 1641. With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration and Return, Upon the 29th of May in the Year 1660 Volume 1, Part 1 of The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641: With the Precedent Passages, and Cctions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return, Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon |
| Author | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon |
| Publisher | Printed at the Theater, 1717 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2006 |
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