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government_n i_o that_o have_v draw_v thousand_o into_o the_o parliament_n defensive_a war_n can_v not_o have_v deny_v the_o heinousness_n of_o my_o crime_n if_o i_o have_v do_v as_o they_o do_v or_o be_v against_o king_n and_o parliament_n unite_v or_o for_o the_o change_n of_o the_o government_n i_o say_v by_o aggravation_n that_o i_o have_v draw_v in_o thousand_o because_o at_o coventry_n and_o wem_n i_o have_v public_o preach_v against_o the_o accusation_n of_o the_o cause_n that_o i_o then_o think_v just_a §_o 18._o accus_n v._o who_o have_v say_v more_o to_o justify_v not_o the_o war_n only_o but_o the_o death_n of_o the_o royal_a martyr_n ans_fw-fr mendac_n v._o what_o can_v a_o reader_n say_v of_o such_o man_n that_o shall_v find_v 1._o that_o
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satisfy_v the_o lord_n chancellor_n hide_v by_o a_o letter_n with_o true_a reason_n too_o long_o here_o to_o repeat_v §_o 91._o accus_n lxxiv_o he_o next_o accuse_v my_o moral_a prognostication_n ans_fw-fr let_v it_o answer_v for_o itself_o to_o the_o impartial_a reader_n §_o 92._o accus_n lxxv_o he_o threaten_v i_o for_o blame_v the_o law_n ans_fw-fr and_o do_v not_o many_o bishop_n now_o blame_v the_o law_n if_o law_n be_v make_v engine_n of_o schism_n and_o persecution_n let_v they_o justify_v they_o that_o can_v and_o that_o love_v they_o david_n say_v shall_v the_o throne_n of_o iniquity_n have_v fellowship_n with_o thou_o that_o frame_v mischief_n by_o a_o law_n how_o many_o german_a divine_n blame_v the_o interim_n impose_v by_o the_o emperor_n as_o for_o peace_n §_o 93._o accus_n lxxvi_o he_o next_o recite_v bishop_n morley_n accusation_n in_o his_o print_a letter_n ans_fw-fr which_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o abound_v with_o falsehood_n in_o a_o full_a answer_n which_o for_o 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accus_n lxxix_o page_n 102._o because_o i_o hold_v that_o if_o a_o bishop_n or_o their_o church_n party_n will_v lay_v we_o in_o goal_n for_o our_o duty_n to_o god_n it_o be_v lawful_a to_o accept_v deliverance_n from_o a_o papist_n that_o be_v in_o authority_n he_o feign_v that_o if_o they_o will_v not_o come_v to_o we_o i_o will_v go_v to_o they_o and_o if_o a_o protestant_a do_v hang_v this_o man_n himself_o will_v he_o take_v it_o for_o popery_n or_o sin_n to_o consent_v that_o a_o papist_n cut_v the_o rope_n you_o see_v what_o kind_n of_o crime_n we_o nonconformist_n be_v guilty_a of_o a_o willingness_n to_o live_v out_o of_o goal_n against_o the_o churchman_n will_n nay_o it_o be_v yet_o more_o our_o crime_n be_v that_o we_o will_v not_o damn_v ourselves_o by_o subscribe_v or_o swear_v false_o and_o break_v our_o ordination_n vow_n by_o give_v over_o our_o ministry_n the_o proof_n that_o these_o man_n be_v against_o popery_n be_v that_o they_o will_v have_v the_o nonconformist_n die_v in_o goal_n and_o have_v no_o papist_n seek_v to_o deliver_v they_o §_o 97._o accus_n lxxx_o accuse_v my_o book_n against_o sacrilegious_a desertion_n of_o the_o ministry_n he_o ask_v i_o why_o i_o baptise_v not_o nor_o administer_v the_o lord_n supper_n and_o so_o seem_v to_o desert_n christianity_n ans_fw-fr because_o i_o be_v call_v to_o preach_v and_o not_o to_o baptise_v and_o administer_v the_o lord_n supper_n by_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o people_n where_o i_o live_v there_o be_v in_o martin_n parish_n about_o 60000_o more_o than_o can_v come_v into_o the_o church_n to_o hear_v but_o they_o have_v curate_n enough_o to_o baptise_v and_o they_o be_v compel_v to_o the_o lord_n supper_n or_o may_v have_v come_v and_o neither_o minister_n nor_o people_n desire_v my_o help_n and_o if_o these_o man_n believe_v it_o not_o i_o do_v that_o we_o may_v and_o must_v preach_v to_o many_o that_o yet_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o sacrament_n and_o to_o many_o who_o pastor_n and_o judge_n 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