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labour_v these_o forty_o four_o year_n value_v the_o supernal_a wisdom_n which_o be_v first_o pure_a and_o then_o peaceable_a but_o methinks_v i_o hear_v the_o legion_n that_o be_v his_o army_n who_o be_v a_o liar_n and_o murderer_n from_o the_o beginning_n say_v what_o have_v we_o to_o do_v with_o thou_o be_v thou_o come_v to_o torment_v we_o before_o the_o time_n but_o they_o have_v have_v leave_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o swine_n and_o o_o that_o their_o suffocation_n in_o the_o sea_n of_o confusion_n occasion_n not_o christ_n to_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o our_o coast_n by_o they_o that_o love_v their_o swine_n better_o than_o christ_n §_o 22._o accus_n ix_o so_o that_o i_o can_v not_o devise_v to_o give_v a_o better_a epitome_n of_o the_o late_a rebellion_n and_o schism_n than_o this_o account_n of_o mr._n b_n action_n and_o write_n which_o be_v a_o abstract_n of_o the_o rise_n and_o progress_n of_o both_o in_o who_o they_o yet_o both_o live_v and_o with_o who_o i_o wish_v they_o 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protestant_n papist_n and_o heathen_n even_o the_o late_a great_a lord_n chancellor_n hide_v sit_v chairman_n of_o the_o committee_n of_o parliament_n that_o receive_v the_o petition_n against_o episcopacy_n root_n and_o branch_n and_o make_v such_o speech_n against_o the_o delinquent_n as_o i_o dare_v not_o justify_v but_o he_o forsake_v they_o when_o they_o quite_o over-went_a he_o if_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v a_o war_n with_o the_o french_a and_o i_o know_v that_o his_o cause_n be_v bad_a i_o will_v not_o defend_v his_o bad_a cause_n but_o i_o will_v in_o his_o army_n defend_v the_o kingdom_n against_o those_o that_o will_v captivate_v it_o by_o conquest_n for_o the_o kingdom_n do_v not_o forfeit_v its_o safety_n by_o the_o king_n misdo_n and_o if_o any_o say_v than_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v defend_v in_o all_o his_o injury_n how_o bad_a soever_o i_o will_v answer_v that_o be_v by_o accident_n it_o be_v the_o kingdom_n that_o i_o defend_v and_o he_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o 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