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seditious_a and_o heretical_a pamphlet_n of_o t._n c._n and_o other_o neither_o be_v they_o libeler_n in_o so_o call_v you_o nor_o do_v the_o injunction_n protect_v factious_a mate_n but_o quiet_a and_o good_a subject_n such_o as_o you_o will_v not_o show_v yourselves_o to_o be_v rail_v and_o revel_v at_o law_n and_o governor_n in_o most_o shameful_a sort_n and_o therefore_o disdain_v not_o to_o be_v call_v by_o your_o name_n nor_o wonder_v if_o you_o be_v beat_v with_o your_o own_o weapon_n article_n 48_o bishop_n and_o their_o chapleyns_n seldom_o make_v a_o leg_n at_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n unless_o it_o be_v at_o the_o read_n of_o the_o gospel_n nor_o remember_v jesus_n but_o when_o they_o lusty_o swear_v by_o jesus_n answer_n all_o puritan_n utter_o mislike_v this_o bow_n at_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n this_o semypuritan_n and_o demychristian_a mislike_v the_o omit_v of_o it_o therein_o condemn_v all_o his_o companion_n as_o contumacious_a lawbreaker_n and_o not_o prove_v any_o 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