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sive_fw-la quatenus_fw-la nostram_fw-la personam_fw-la susceperat_fw-la as_o who_o shall_v say_v the_o lord_n christ_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v accurse_v in_o his_o own_o person_n but_o only_o as_o represent_v or_o sustain_v our_o person_n the_o person_n of_o sinner_n therefore_o accurse_a head_n when_o speak_v of_o our_o saviour_n be_v not_o only_o harsh_a improper_a and_o overbold_a but_o heretical_a and_o impious_a but_o of_o our_o author_n divinity_n more_o hereafter_o let_v we_o now_o see_v what_o be_v his_o principle_n and_o how_o he_o stand_v affect_v towards_o the_o government_n it_o may_v be_v we_o shall_v find_v that_o all_o this_o cry_n about_o socinianism_n hobbism_n and_o irreligion_n be_v nothing_o but_o this_o that_o they_o be_v charge_n very_o fit_a for_o a_o jacobite_n to_o lay_v to_o a_o williamite_n because_o they_o be_v black_a enough_o he_o