which_o the_o christian_a reader_n may_v full_o comprehend_v the_o nature_n of_o these_o freeman_n body_n poâ—â—â—ick_n unto_o religion_n thâ—se_a freeman_n do_v pretend_v we_o â—â—ay_v all_o see_v that_o money_n be_v their_o end_n new-england_n antichristian_a law_n 5._o if_o any_o person_n shall_v know_o import_v into_o any_o harbour_n of_o this_o jurisdiction_n any_o quaker_n book_n or_o write_n concern_v their_o damnable_a opinion_n he_o shall_v forfeit_v 〈◊〉_d every_o such_o book_n or_o writing_n five_o pound_n and_o whosoever_o shall_v disperse_v or_o conceal_v such_o book_n or_o write_n and_o it_o be_v find_v with_o he_o or_o she_o or_o in_o his_o or_o her_o house_n and_o shall_v not_o immediate_o deliver_v the_o same_o to_o the_o next_o magistrate_n shall_v pay_v five_o pound_n for_o disperse_v or_o conceal_v every_o such_o book_n or_o write_n 6_o and_o every_o person_n or_o person_n whatsoever_o that_o shall_v revile_v the_o office_n or_o person_n of_o magistrate_n or_o 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snare_n the_o innocent_a god_n be_v prepare_v his_o judgement_n against_o they_o and_o all_o those_o who_o silence_n give_v consent_v thereto_o by_o which_o â—udgments_n they_o do_v not_o only_o suffer_v suffer_v the_o loss_n of_o their_o fruit_n and_o grain_n throughout_o their_o jurisdiction_n but_o also_o be_v deliver_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o barbarous_a indian_n who_o god_n suffer_v to_o make_v they_o a_o double_a measure_n of_o the_o like_a cruelty_n which_o themselves_o as_o by_o their_o â—â—ws_n have_v indict_v upon_o other_o beside_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o old_a charter_n and_o great_a idol_n god_n ever_o will_v for_o innocent_a blood_n reward_n though_o while_o the_o wicked_a live_v little_a it_o regard_v new-england_n antichristian_a law_n for_o prevention_n thereof_o this_o court_n do_v order_n and_o enact_v that_o every_o person_n of_o the_o curse_a sect_n of_o quaker_n who_o be_v not_o a_o inhabitant_n but_o find_v within_o this_o jurisdiction_n shall_v be_v 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