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late_o give_v to_o propagate_v these_o evil_n and_o what_o advantage_n satan_n have_v get_v by_o the_o malignity_n of_o some_o to_o increase_v the_o bitter_a censoriousness_n of_o other_o and_o to_o pull_v down_o the_o good_a old_a principle_n of_o concord_n on_o pretence_n that_o now_o the_o case_n be_v change_v have_v i_o see_v the_o fruit_n of_o god_n indignation_n against_o a_o self-destroying_a people_n in_o london_n plague_n and_o dreadful_a flame_n and_o in_o our_o present_a church-convulsion_n have_v i_o see_v what_o visible_a danger_n be_v over_o we_o of_o a_o condition_n yet_o worse_a than_o all_o this_o have_v i_o see_v how_o many_o thousand_o honest_a christian_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o be_v sinner_n or_o sufferer_n by_o this_o evil_a i_o say_v have_v i_o stand_v by_o and_o see_v all_o this_o and_o hold_v my_o tongue_n and_o let_v man_n sight_n like_o dog_n and_o bear_n and_o not_o interpose_v a_o word_n of_o counsel_n or_o controlment_n to_o the_o waste_a fire_n i_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o a_o obduratious_a self-saving_a and_o perfidious_a silence_n unbeseeming_a the_o ministry_n or_o the_o christian_a name_n have_v therefore_o begin_v long_o ago_o to_o publish_v my_o testimony_n and_o council_n against_o the_o dividing-evils_a in_o 1660_o foreseeing_a the_o critical_a day_n and_o danger_n i_o take_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o season_n once_o more_o to_o discharge_v my_o conscience_n though_o with_o slender_a hope_n and_o to_o reason_n and_o even_o beg_v for_o peace_n that_o have_v it_o be_v possible_a as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lay_v we_o may_v have_v live_v peaceable_o with_o all_o when_o those_o opportunity_n and_o hope_n be_v go_v and_o some_o glimmer_n once_o and_o again_o since_o vanish_v one_o side_n have_v
10._o ib._n but_o he_o profess_v that_o he_o deal_v thus_o in_o zeal_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n love_n to_o the_o cause_n of_o christ_n and_o nonconformity_n which_o i_o have_v desert_v where_o 1._o it_o be_v a_o repeat_v falsehood_n that_o i_o have_v desert_v the_o cause_n of_o nonconformity_n i_o challenge_v he_o open_o to_o name_n even_o one_o point_n of_o it_o in_o which_o i_o have_v change_v my_o judgement_n these_o 31_o year_n which_o i_o speak_v not_o as_o my_o praise_n who_o in_o those_o thing_n have_v grow_v no_o wise_a except_o in_o know_v the_o same_o thing_n better_a to_o this_o day_n 2._o what_o sin_n will_v you_o call_v it_o to_o father_n all_o these_o falsehood_n on_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o christ_n do_v his_o cause_n and_o glory_n need_v man_n lie_n how_o many_o hundred_o thus_o in_o a_o few_o more_o libel_n may_v you_o publish_v if_o satan_n bless_v they_o as_o hitherto_o he_o have_v do_v with_o a_o increase_n and_o multiply_v sect._n 11._o pag._n 5._o he_o recite_v many_o word_n of_o my_o disputation_n of_o church_n government_n and_o labour_v whether_o by_o gross_a ignorance_n or_o malice_n i_o know_v not_o to_o persuade_v the_o reader_n that_o i_o retract_v or_o contradict_v they_o and_o say_v we_o stand_v amaze_v you_o shall_v so_o soon_o and_o so_o much_o forget_v all_o that_o you_o have_v say_v this_o be_v not_o a_o single_a falsehood_n but_o make_v up_o no_o small_a part_n of_o his_o book_n reader_n do_v but_o hear_v and_o judge_v whether_o any_o thing_n except_o his_o amareduci_n can_v excuse_v such_o horrid_a deliberate_a untruth_n 1._o i_o never_o retract_v any_o of_o that_o book_n setting_z aside_o the_o dedication_n 2._o i_o do_v still_o profess_v that_o i_o be_o of_o the_o same_o judgement_n which_o that_o book_n express_v 3._o i_o have_v in_o the_o great_a audience_n tell_v the_o bishop_n that_o i_o stand_v to_o it_o and_o provoke_v they_o to_o answer_v it_o 4._o there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n of_o contradiction_n to_o that_o book_n in_o my_o cure_n of_o church-division_n which_o he_o write_v against_o and_o be_o i_o not_o as_o like_v to_o understand_v my_o own_o write_n as_o this_o man_n be_v 5._o that_o very_a book_n plead_v as_o much_o and_o much_o more_o for_o a_o moderate_a episcopacy_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o a_o liturgy_n and_o those_o circumstance_n or_o ceremony_n which_o i_o judge_v lawful_a as_o kneel_v at_o the_o sacrament_n than_o my_o late_a book_n have_v do_v 6._o it_o be_v to_o i_o a_o considerable_a providence_n which_o draw_v i_o when_o the_o sectary_n be_v at_o the_o very_o high_a to_o write_v that_o book_n which_o have_v i_o write_v since_o the_o king_n return_v they_o will_v have_v impute_v to_o temporize_a or_o a_o change_n 7._o the_o very_a same_o man_n that_o now_o rail_v so_o loud_o against_o i_o say_v nothing_o that_o ever_o i_o can_v hear_v of_o against_o that_o book_n that_o contain_v more_o than_o now_o i_o have_v write_v for_o but_o than_o it_o 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any_o party_n shall_v just_o find_v to_o be_v too_o sharp_a sure_o they_o labour_v to_o bring_v i_o to_o that_o reputation_n among_o these_o contender_n as_o plato_n be_v among_o the_o philosopher_n who_o every_o sect_n take_v to_o be_v the_o second_o or_o next_o the_o best_a sect._n 12._o but_o pag._n 6._o he_o think_v that_o he_o talk_v like_o a_o man_n of_o brain_n when_o he_o infer_v that_o if_o they_o be_v such_o kind_n of_o person_n as_o i_o have_v represent_v they_o they_o ought_v immediate_o to_o be_v forsake_v and_o forbear_v as_o to_o any_o act_n of_o church-communion_n answ._n but_o 1._o i_o never_o say_v of_o they_o that_o they_o print_v beside_o false_a doctrine_n fourscore_o untruth_n in_o two_o small_a libel_n as_o you_o have_v do_v and_o give_v the_o world_n neither_o vindication_n nor_o repentance_n and_o yet_o you_o or_o your_o disciple_n will_v not_o infer_v thus_o against_o yourself_o 2._o deceitful_a man_n do_v i_o ever_o lie_v the_o charge_n you_o mention_n 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