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a_o conference_n in_o a_o shop_n without_o its_o limitation_n and_o caution_n shall_v have_v be_v as_o it_o be_v by_o mr._n b._n publish_v and_o refute_v as_o my_o error_n but_o indeed_o will_v only_o that_o mr._n b._n shall_v know_v that_o in_o my_o case_n i_o be_v not_o to_o suspend_v my_o assert_v of_o truth_n for_o fear_n of_o lose_v of_o peace_n as_o i_o allege_v in_o my_o apology_n sect_n 3._o and_o i_o profess_v i_o wonder_v that_o such_o as_o mr._n m._n mr._n b._n and_o other_o that_o be_v so_o earnest_a against_o bishop_n and_o ceremony_n though_o war_n do_v follow_v and_o have_v a_o great_a hand_n in_o put_v they_o on_o shall_v now_o the_o war_n be_v so_o well_o abate_v be_v so_o impatient_a that_o infant-sprinkling_a be_v question_v it_o be_v untrue_o surmife_v that_o the_o change_n of_o time_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o my_o open_a myself_o full_o in_o the_o congregation_n at_o bewdley_n my_o first_o meddle_v with_o it_o be_v when_o mr._n bayly_n have_v so_o unjust_o charge_v 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present_o send_v up_o to_o london_n but_o mr._n bayly_n do_v nothing_o to_o right_v i_o i_o write_v to_o mr._n bayly_n and_o because_o mr._n rutherford_n have_v my_o letter_n to_o send_v to_o he_o i_o write_v since_o to_o he_o to_o know_v what_o become_v of_o my_o letter_n but_o have_v have_v no_o answer_n after_o this_o i_o be_v move_v to_o preach_v what_o i_o do_v which_o be_v but_o little_a till_o december_n 1649._o when_o i_o find_v my_o tenet_n on_o the_o day_n of_o fast_a to_o be_v humble_v for_o blasphemy_n and_o heresy_n which_o be_v as_o i_o remember_v march_n 10._o 1649._o reckon_v as_o by_o other_o so_o by_o mr._n obadiah_n sedgewick_n in_o his_o sermon_n before_o the_o lord_n among_o heresy_n with_o which_o i_o find_v afterward_o the_o censure_n of_o 52._o minister_n about_o london_n to_o concur_v stigmatise_v i_o by_o name_n as_o hold_v four_o pernicious_a error_n in_o my_o examen_fw-la and_o when_o the_o ordinance_n against_o blasphemy_n and_o heresy_n be_v publish_v 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but_o my_o hope_n be_v those_o great_a instrument_n of_o god_n to_o break_v the_o enemy_n of_o those_o that_o be_v term_v sectary_n though_o mr._n bs._n word_n seem_v to_o forebode_v and_o misdeem_v evil_a of_o they_o will_n and_o do_v prove_v better_a than_o he_o discribe_v they_o though_o i_o imagine_v they_o be_v not_o anabaptist_n nor_o do_v i_o like_v mr._n bs._n obscure_a satirical_a crimination_n they_o have_v some_o show_n of_o a_o malevolent_a mind_n whatever_o mr._n b._n may_v conceive_v of_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n way_n in_o other_o thing_n i_o be_o sure_a if_o they_o will_v keep_v themselves_o only_o to_o this_o to_o be_v baptize_v upon_o profession_n of_o faith_n they_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o safe_a way_n even_o in_o the_o way_n of_o christ._n sect_n xxii_o the_o speech_n that_o no_o one_o country_n be_v gather_v into_o christ_n visible_a church_n contain_v no_o malignancy_n to_o christ_n but_o be_v a_o manifest_a truth_n most_o of_o that_o which_o be_v in_o 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