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peaceable_a advice_n etc._n etc._n rusticus_n etc._n etc._n devil_n sot_n conjurer_n beast_n tinker_n moll_n be_v lizard_n fiery_a fighter_n such_o as_o can_v defend_v their_o religion_n with_o the_o sword_n to_o be_v turn_v into_o the_o pit_n eternal_o bloodthirsty_a tyrannical_a project_n etc._n etc._n now_o if_o i_o shall_v call_v you_o so_o than_o you_o may_v say_v i_o expose_v you_o but_o i_o only_o tell_v you_o of_o your_o duty_n and_o remind_v you_o of_o the_o leaven_n of_o the_o pharisee_n which_o be_v hypocrisy_n chap._n vii_o show_v that_o forsake_v the_o quaker_n be_v no_o apostasy_n from_o the_o article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n i_o be_o now_o come_v to_o the_o conference_n i_o have_v with_o george_n whitehead_n
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together_o for_o as_o it_o be_v our_o frequent_a practice_n to_o read_v the_o epistle_n of_o g._n fox_n steph._n crisp_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o with_o great_a devotion_n and_o attention_n so_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n do_v i_o never_o know_v a_o chapter_n in_o either_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n read_v among_o we_o at_o any_o of_o our_o meeting_n for_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n with_o what_o face_n then_o can_v g._n w._n thus_o appear_v and_o not_o blush_v and_o that_o it_o may_v further_o appear_v that_o g._n w._n be_v fallacious_a herein_o i_o shall_v recite_v part_n of_o one_o of_o their_o epistle_n so_o send_v and_o read_v in_o which_o there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n about_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n death_n suffering_n resurrection_n or_o ascension_n or_o any_o thing_n of_o that_o tendency_n though_o it_o be_v large_a viz._n 23_o page_n in_o quarto_n two_o or_o three_o passage_n thereof_o i_o shall_v recite_v that_o so_o the_o reader_n may_v perceive_v that_o they_o err_v in_o the_o object_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o 2_o how_o they_o applaud_v their_o hearer_n and_o 3_o what_o large_a commission_n they_o give_v to_o kill_v cut_v destroy_v lay_v waste_v all_o the_o heathen_a philistine_n the_o amalakite_n etc._n etc._n affirm_v that_o none_o know_v god_n but_o themselves_o so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n they_o give_v it_o such_o a_o obscure_a darklanthorn_n title_n as_o this_o be_v only_o to_o go_v among_o friend_n etc._n etc._n for_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o abide_v the_o light_n no_o more_o than_o many_o other_o of_o their_o epistle_n and_o pamphlet_n be_v well_o to_o the_o matter_n this_o be_v only_a to_o go_v among_o friend_n p._n 19_o and_o thou_o oh_o north_n of_o england_n who_o be_v count_v as_o desolate_a and_o barren_a and_o reckon_v the_o least_o of_o the_o nation_n yet_o out_o of_o thou_o do_v the_o branch_n spring_n and_o star_n arise_v which_o give_v light_n to_o all_o the_o region_n round_o about_o in_o 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