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all_o entitle_v god_n and_o religion_n to_o all_o their_o villainy_n like_o those_o with_o who_o the_o great_a god_n do_v thus_o expostulate_v jer._n 7.9_o will_v you_o steal_v murder_n and_o commit_v adultery_n and_o swear_v false_o and_o come_v and_o stand_v before_o i_o in_o this_o house_n and_o say_v we_o be_v deliver_v to_o do_v all_o these_o abomination_n etc._n etc._n i_o say_v the_o people_n to_o who_o this_o character_n be_v due_a who_o inscription_n this_o be_v be_v to_o my_o soul_n as_o one_o call_v it_o the_o first-born_a of_o abomination_n now_o after_o all_o that_o have_v be_v say_v of_o the_o exceed_a sinfulness_n of_o their_o bloody_a fact_n who_o be_v the_o murderer_n of_o the_o late_a king_n and_o of_o the_o woeful_a hazard_n which_o their_o precious_a and_o immortal_a soul_n do_v incur_v thereby_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o hope_v that_o if_o the_o same_o opportunity_n shall_v ever_o come_v again_o which_o god_n forbid_v i._n e._n if_o ever_o the_o now_o dissent_v 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against_o all_o public_a mutiny_n insurrection_n and_o civil_a war_n hereafter_o for_o if_o the_o people_n of_o england_n do_v universal_o and_o all_o as_o one_o man_n dread_v the_o thought_n of_o regicide_n as_o of_o a_o sin_n next_o to_o that_o which_o be_v unpardonable_a there_o will_v be_v no_o cause_n to_o fear_v rebellion_n for_o than_o will_v man_n be_v govern_v and_o overawe_v by_o this_o dilemna_n if_o the_o king_n against_o who_o we_o rebel_v shall_v always_o keep_v his_o head_n we_o shall_v lose_v our_o life_n first_o or_o last_o but_o if_o he_o lose_v his_o head_n by_o our_o mean_n and_o contrivance_n we_o shall_v be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o lose_v our_o soul_n which_o be_v worse_o for_o what_o will_v it_o profit_v a_o man_n to_o gain_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o to_o lose_v his_o own_o soul_n finis_fw-la
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which_o thy_o heart_n be_v privy_a to_o now_o conscience_n be_v such_o a_o witness_n as_o none_o can_v withstand_v or_o deny_v its_o testimony_n if_o two_o credible_a witness_n be_v sufficient_a even_o in_o matter_n of_o life_n and_o death_n much_o more_o conscience_n which_o be_v a_o thousand_o witness_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o read_v of_o he_o who_o come_v to_o a_o wedding_n feast_n without_o a_o wedding_n garment_n that_o when_o the_o king_n say_v unto_o he_o friend_n how_o come_v thou_o in_o hither_o not_o have_v a_o wedding_n garment_n he_o be_v speechless_a matth._n 22.12_o hence_o also_o we_o read_v of_o every_o mouth_n be_v stop_v and_o all_o the_o world_n become_v guilty_a before_o god_n rom._n 3.19_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o no_o reply_n be_v make_v to_o our_o saviour_n when_o he_o say_v he_o that_o wâ—â—_n without_o sin_n let_v he_o cast_v the_o first_o stone_n at_o she_o for_o the_o text_n say_v john_n 8.9_o they_o which_o hear_v it_o be_v convict_v in_o their_o own_o 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