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summer_n again_o in_o one_o year_n and_o bless_v his_o crop_n o_o what_o cause_n have_v we_o to_o rejoice_v etc._n etc._n ep._n 139._o to_o mr._n john_n mein_fw-ge i_o see_v christ_n will_v not_o higle_n prigg_n with_o i_o nor_o stand_v upon_o step_v stone_n but_o come_v in_o at_o the_o broad_a side_n without_o ceremony_n or_o make_v of_o it_o nice_a ep._n 141._o to_o the_o earl_n of_o lothian_n if_o your_o lordship_n and_o other_o shall_v go_v on_o to_o dive_v to_o the_o low_a ground_n and_o bottom_n of_o the_o knavery_n and_o perfidious_a treachery_n to_o christ_n of_o the_o curse_a and_o wretched_a prelate_n the_o antichrist_n first-born_a and_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o his_o foul_a womb_n and_o shall_v deal_v with_o our_o sovereign_n than_o your_o righteousness_n shall_v break_v through_o the_o cloud_n etc._n etc._n ep._n 142._o o_o for_o a_o long_a playday_n with_o christ_n ep._n 145._o mr._n john_n ferguson_n be_v be_v not_o that_o i_o be_o pamper_a date_v now_o and_o then_o 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but_o appeal_v to_o their_o covenant_n and_o solemn_a league_n to_o their_o constant_a doctrine_n as_o well_o as_o practise_v of_o resistance_n and_o some_o few_o instance_n i_o must_v not_o omit_v take_v from_o the_o act_n of_o their_o general_a assembly_n and_o those_o book_n which_o have_v the_o general_a approbation_n of_o the_o party_n in_o which_o they_o express_v themselves_o thus_o unless_o man_n blot_v out_o of_o their_o heart_n the_o love_n of_o religion_n and_o cause_n of_o god_n and_o cast_v off_o all_o care_n of_o their_o country_n law_n and_o liberty_n etc._n etc._n they_o must_v now_o or_o never_o appear_v active_a against_o the_o king_n each_o one_o stretch_v himself_o to_o yea_o and_o beyond_o their_o power_n it_o be_v not_o time_n to_o dally_v or_o go_v about_o the_o business_n by_o half_n nor_o to_o be_v almost_o but_o altogether_o zealous_a curse_v be_v he_o that_o do_v the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n negligent_o solemn_z and_o seasonable_a warning_n to_o all_o rank_n feb._n 12._o 1645._o sess_z 18._o in_o another_o seasonable_a and_o necessary_a warning_n date_a july_n 27._o 1649._o sess_z 27._o they_o say_v but_o if_o his_o majesty_n or_o any_o have_v or_o pretend_v power_n and_o commission_n from_o he_o shall_v invade_v this_o kingdom_n upon_o pretext_n of_o establish_v he_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o royal_a power_n as_o it_o will_v be_v a_o high_a provocation_n against_o god_n to_o be_v accessary_a or_o assist_v thereto_o so_o it_o will_v be_v a_o necessary_a duty_n to_o resist_v and_o oppose_v the_o same_o the_o author_n of_o the_o hind_n let_v loose_a 80._o reflect_v on_o these_o passage_n say_v these_o father_n can_v well_o distinguish_v betwixt_o authority_n and_o the_o person_n and_o be_v not_o so_o loyal_a as_o now_o their_o degenerate_a child_n be_v ambitious_a to_o show_v themselves_o stupid_o stoop_v to_o the_o shadow_n thereof_o and_o yet_o will_v be_v call_v the_o only_a assertor_n of_o presbyterian_a principle_n the_o 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page_n 23._o the_o temper_n of_o episcopalian_o be_v by_o unmanly_a as_o well_o as_o unchristian_a shift_n tobuoy_v up_o their_o sink_a cause_n page_n 25._o this_o historian_n ignorant_a malice_n to_o be_v despise_v judas_n iscariot_n be_v his_o predecessor_n page_n 52._o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o ministry_n come_v from_o the_o atheism_n and_o debauch_n of_o the_o episcopal_a clergy_n page_n 64._o and_o again_o of_o a_o eminent_a divine_a presbyterian_o he_o say_v that_o his_o word_n be_v like_o those_o of_o a_o madman_n or_o of_o one_o rave_v in_o a_o fever_n page_n 51._o it_o will_v be_v tedious_a and_o nauseous_a to_o trace_v this_o his_o presbyterian_a eloquence_n through_o every_o page_n as_o he_o vent_v it_o or_o to_o show_v how_o false_o and_o bold_o he_o charge_v a_o whole_a sacred_a order_n of_o man_n with_o the_o fault_n which_o he_o suppose_v and_o will_v have_v the_o world_n believe_v some_o single_a person_n among_o they_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o as_o that_o they_o be_v 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