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sect._n 6._o e._n b._n p._n 3._o you_o call_v separation_n a_o cry_a sin_n nay_o the_o cry_a sin_n and_o you_o scruple_n not_o to_o insinuate_v that_o all_o the_o judgement_n which_o in_o this_o nation_n we_o do_v either_o feel_v or_o fear_n be_v to_o be_v charge_v on_o separation_n as_o the_o principal_a procure_a cause_n r._n b._n here_o be_v your_o three_o falsehood_n in_o matter_n of_o fact_n falshood_n there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n in_o the_o place_n nor_o any_o where_o else_o in_o all_o my_o write_n if_o i_o know_v what_o i_o have_v write_v that_o charge_v all_o this_o on_o separation_n as_o the_o principal_a procure_a cause_n but_o the_o contrary_a in_o the_o comparison_n be_v oft_o and_o plain_o assert_v and_o great_a
thus_o he_o do_v which_o be_v mention_v as_o no_o rarity_n shall_v you_o not_o rather_o take_v part_n with_o god_n than_o he_o and_o if_o a_o aaron_n will_v make_v the_o people_n naked_a to_o their_o shame_n will_v not_o god_n record_v it_o to_o his_o shame_n be_v not_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n more_o tender_o to_o be_v preserve_v than_o he_o or_o you_o or_o i_o or_o any_o man_n o_o do_v not_o injure_v god_n for_o man._n sect._n 27._o e._n b._n p._n 8._o but_o 1._o may_v not_o a_o good_a man_n scripture_n yea_o a_o true_a prophet_n be_v sometime_o mistake_v be_v not_o samuel_n so_o when_o he_o take_v eliab_n to_o be_v the_o lord_n anoint_v be_v not_o nathan_n deceive_v when_o he_o encourage_v david_n to_o build_v the_o temple_n r._n b._n 1._o yes_o they_o may_v be_v deceive_v when_o they_o speak_v in_o their_o own_o name_n and_o judge_v by_o their_o own_o spirit_n or_o reason_n but_o do_v you_o think_v they_o may_v be_v deceive_v when_o they_o prophesy_v as_o from_o god_n if_o so_o then_o what_o certainty_n can_v we_o have_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o any_o of_o their_o prophecy_n if_o they_o may_v speak_v false_o to_o we_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n 2._o will_v not_o your_o follower_n think_v you_o yet_o see_v your_o partiality_n who_o in_o one_o page_n reproach_v other_o as_o deny_v scripture_n to_o be_v a_o perfect_a rule_n and_o in_o another_o can_v thus_o seek_v to_o parallel_v god_n prophet_n with_o one_o that_o rash_o in_o the_o pulpit_n propehsy_v three_o falsehood_n together_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v it_o not_o god_n direction_n to_o we_o to_o take_v he_o for_o a_o false_a prophet_n who_o propehsy_v that_o which_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v every_o one_o that_o foretell_v that_o which_o do_v come_v to_o pass_v be_v not_o a_o true_a prophet_n deut._n 13._o 23._o but_o every_o one_o that_o absolute_o propehsy_v that_o which_o do_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v be_v a_o false_a prophet_n deut._n 18._o 20_o 21_o 22._o but_o the_o prophet_n which_o shall_v presume_v to_o speak_v a_o word_n in_o my_o name_n which_o i_o have_v not_o command_v he_o to_o speak_v even_o that_o prophet_n shall_v die_v mark_v whether_o god_n do_v judge_v as_o you_o do_v and_o if_o thou_o say_v in_o thy_o heart_n how_o shall_v we_o know_v the_o word_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v when_o a_o prophet_n speak_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n if_o the_o thing_n follow_v not_o nor_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o speak_v but_o the_o prophet_n have_v speak_v it_o presumptuous_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a of_o he_o sect._n 28._o e._n b._n 2._o may_v not_o many_o prophet_n true_o foretell_v thing_n to_o come_v elude_v and_o yet_o those_o thing_n be_v a_o long_a time_n suspend_v and_o delay_v because_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n be_v not_o this_o condition_n to_o be_v understand_v in_o most_o scripture_n prophecy_n express_v zach._n 6._o 15._o and_o this_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v if_o you_o will_v diligent_o obey_v etc._n etc._n r._n b._n 1._o a_o conditional_a promise_n or_o prediction_n may_v be_v not_o only_o delay_v but_o never_o fulfil_v so_o as_o that_o the_o thing_n shall_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v if_o the_o condition_n never_o come_v to_o pass_v 2._o promise_n be_v often_o to_o be_v expound_v as_o conditional_a than_o peremptory_a prophecy_n when_o no_o condition_n be_v express_v but_o what_o word_n can_v more_o exclude_v both_o condition_n and_o delay_n than_o i_o tell_v you_o from_o god_n that_o you_o shall_v never_o more_o etc._n etc._n when_o 1._o they_o never_o cease_v pay_v tithe_n from_o that_o day_n to_o this_o 2._o and_o their_o tax_n be_v then_o upon_o they_o and_o i_o think_v they_o believe_v not_o that_o they_o never_o pay_v more_o 3._o and_o that_o we_o have_v a_o king_n his_o subject_n all_o acknowledge_v indeed_o the_o jew_n say_v that_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v delay_v because_o of_o their_o sin_n and_o by_o such_o pretence_n what_o true_a prophecy_n may_v not_o be_v pervert_v and_o false_a excuse_v as_o for_o what_o you_o say_v of_o mr._n powel_n religiousness_n diligence_n and_o worthiness_n i_o never_o say_v a_o word_n against_o it_o and_o i_o desire_v to_o promote_v and_o not_o to_o cloud_v the_o true_a honour_n of_o his_o name_n and_o your_o call_n that_o a_o unchristian_a calumny_n which_o you_o can_v deny_v to_o be_v a_o prove_a truth_n be_v but_o a_o unmanly_a calumny_n of_o your_o own_o and_o for_o your_o prophecy_n of_o my_o memory_n die_v before_o i_o i_o be_o not_o solicitous_a of_o the_o matter_n let_v god_n do_v with_o my_o memory_n what_o he_o please_v nor_o be_o i_o regardful_a of_o your_o prophecy_n who_o defend_v false_a prophesy_v be_v command_v not_o to_o fear_v such_o deut._n 18._o 22._o sect._n 29._o e._n b._n the_o pride_n of_o your_o heart_n duty_n discover_v by_o your_o write_n be_v so_o apparent_a that_o it_o can_v but_o be_v know_v and_o read_v of_o all_o man_n to_o go_v no_o further_o for_o instance_n than_o your_o last_o book_n what_o need_v you_o have_v tell_v the_o world_n in_o print_n that_o you_o chase_v once_o on_o easter_n day_n to_o communicate_v in_o a_o very_a populous_a church_n purposely_o that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o further_o know_v be_v not_o this_o like_o the_o hypocrite_n to_o blow_v a_o trumpet_n before_o and_o to_o do_v your_o action_n that_o they_o may_v be_v see_v of_o man_n what_o other_o end_n can_v you_o have_v in_o do_v that_o so_o public_o then_o or_o in_o declare_v it_o now_o but_o a_o vain_a glorious_a hope_n that_o doubt_v and_o unsatisfy_a christian_n may_v look_v upon_o your_o example_n as_o their_o polestar_n and_o according_o direct_v their_o course_n r._n b._n 1._o as_o to_o the_o pride_n of_o my_o heart_n pride_n i_o shall_v first_o say_v this_o in_o general_a that_o i_o be_o past_a doubt_n i_o have_v too_o much_o of_o it_o as_o no_o man_n be_v whole_o cure_v of_o that_o odious_a vice_n so_o i_o be_o one_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o say_v that_o i_o be_o perfect_a but_o these_o thing_n i_o can_v confident_o say_v 1._o that_o so_o far_o as_o i_o be_o proud_a i_o sin_n as_o much_o against_o my_o own_o judgement_n i_o imagine_v as_o most_o man_n alive_a do_v there_o be_v sew_v that_o ever_o i_o be_v acquaint_v with_o that_o have_v say_v and_o write_v more_o against_o it_o than_o i_o have_v do_v i_o have_v have_v these_o thirty_o year_n and_o more_o more_o odious_a conception_n of_o that_o sin_n and_o a_o deep_a sense_n of_o its_o commonness_n and_o prevalency_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o woeful_a ruin_n which_o it_o make_v in_o the_o church_n and_o state_n and_o soul_n and_o how_o frequent_o it_o show_v itself_o even_o in_o man_n of_o great_a piety_n and_o worth_n than_o of_o almost_o any_o other_o sin_n i_o have_v have_v so_o many_o thousand_o thought_n and_o word_n against_o it_o as_o make_v i_o much_o more_o culpable_a if_o i_o be_v proud_a 2._o and_o i_o shall_v sin_v as_o much_o against_o my_o conscience_n in_o be_v proud_a as_o most_o man_n in_o the_o world_n as_o my_o judgement_n be_v so_o much_o against_o the_o sin_n so_o my_o conscience_n command_v i_o a_o very_a low_a and_o constant_a self-abasement_n it_o tell_v i_o that_o whether_o i_o look_v to_o a_o corruptible_a painful_a flesh_n or_o to_o a_o ignorant_a understanding_n or_o to_o a_o sinful_a will_n or_o to_o a_o sinful_a and_o unprofitable_a life_n i_o have_v so_o little_a to_o be_v proud_a of_o as_o will_v render_v my_o pride_n exceed_v odious_a 3._o i_o do_v evident_o see_v the_o odiousness_n of_o this_o sin_n in_o other_o be_v it_o not_o for_o seem_v to_o retort_v your_o charge_n i_o shall_v say_v that_o though_o i_o can_v as_o you_o do_v conclude_v of_o the_o heart_n yet_o the_o usual_a ensign_n of_o pride_n with_o temerity_n and_o injudiciousness_n boldness_n and_o blindness_n do_v appear_v to_o i_o so_o monstrous_a in_o your_o write_n above_o the_o size_n that_o ordinary_a sinner_n ever_o fall_v to_o as_o make_v i_o the_o more_o apprehend_v how_o dreadful_a it_o be_v to_o give_v way_n to_o pride_n in_o the_o beginning_n and_o methinks_v i_o see_v as_o write_v on_o the_o front_n of_o your_o write_n be_v not_o high-minded_a but_o fear_v therefore_o i_o be_o still_o the_o more_o culpable_a if_o i_o abound_v with_o that_o which_o be_v so_o terrible_a a_o warn_n to_o i_o in_o yourself_o and_o other_o such_o as_o you_o 4._o and_o as_o i_o every_o day_n watch_n and_o pray_v against_o it_o and_o if_o ever_o i_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o myself_o in_o the_o world_n i_o be_o certain_a that_o i_o live_v in_o a_o
question_n what_o a_o book_n be_v which_o you_o never_o read_v i_o will_v help_v you_o out_o and_o mend_v your_o cause_n you_o dispraise_v it_o that_o never_o read_v it_o and_o you_o name_v some_o that_o read_v it_o and_o dispraise_v it_o and_o i_o that_o write_v it_o be_o far_o from_o praise_v it_o therefore_o i_o hope_v you_o be_v gratify_v and_o who_o will_v now_o contradict_v you_o though_o i_o confess_v for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o think_v i_o shall_v not_o think_v myself_o fit_a to_o tell_v the_o world_n in_o print_n what_o any_o man_n book_n be_v at_o the_o same_o time_n when_o i_o confess_v that_o i_o never_o read_v it_o but_o you_o may_v possible_o avoid_v that_o way_n because_o it_o be_v i_o 2._o but_o he_o that_o employ_v you_o shall_v miss_v of_o his_o design_n of_o engage_v i_o against_o the_o name_n of_o mr._n herle_v and_o mr._n cawdrey_n and_o against_o your_o unnamed_a person_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o i_o that_o i_o honour_v their_o name_n and_o abhort_a all_o motion_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o christian_a love_n but_o i_o be_v not_o bind_v that_o they_o shall_v love_v or_o honour_v i_o and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o that_o be_v not_o my_o sin_n but_o if_o my_o sin_n deserve_v it_o i_o have_v far_o great_a account_n on_o which_o to_o be_v displease_v with_o that_o sin_n and_o i_o do_v with_o hearty_a willingness_n hear_v the_o prophecy_n of_o he_o that_o tell_v your_o friend_n i_o will_v end_v in_o flesh_n and_o blood_n to_o awaken_v i_o the_o more_o to_o the_o necessary_a fear_n and_o vigilancy_n lest_o his_o prophecy_n shall_v prove_v true_a but_o whether_o these_o story_n be_v true_a or_o not_o it_o little_a concern_v i_o to_o inquire_v if_o they_o be_v not_o i_o pray_v name_n not_o the_o reporter_n or_o witness_n sect._n 64._o e._n b._n you_o have_v promise_v i_o that_o you_o will_v make_v no_o reply_n r._n b._n it_o be_v but_o conditional_o if_o you_o write_v at_o the_o former_a rate_n and_o your_o alteration_n by_o venture_v to_o dispute_v for_o separation_n have_v declare_v i_o not_o oblige_v and_o because_o i_o fear_v you_o be_v by_o those_o word_n encourage_v the_o more_o to_o all_o your_o untruth_n i_o will_v promise_v you_o silence_n no_o more_o though_o i_o purpose_v it_o i_o have_v do_v this_o that_o you_o may_v have_v a_o second_o admonition_n to_o repent_v and_o the_o simple_a may_v not_o believe_v your_o multiply_a falsehood_n but_o now_o he_o that_o will_v be_v hereafter_o deceive_v by_o you_o let_v he_o be_v deceive_v sect._n 65._o e._n b._n 20._o when_o you_o write_v next_o i_o entreat_v 1._o that_o you_o will_v be_v short_a 2._o and_o significant_a r._n b._n your_o counsel_n be_v prudent_a sir_n but_o all_o man_n can_v attain_v to_o your_o exactness_n and_o significancy_n nor_o will_v i_o follow_v your_o rule_n till_o i_o see_v better_a effect_n of_o it_o nor_o pretend_v brevity_n for_o leave_v a_o book_n almost_o whole_o unanswered_a which_o i_o pretend_v to_o answer_v as_o you_o do_v and_o i_o will_v better_o show_v that_o i_o understand_v common_a english_a before_o i_o call_v to_o other_o for_o significancy_n sect._n 66._o e._n b._n 1._o that_o you_o will_v not_o mistake_v the_o thing_n you_o write_v about_o but_o labour_v clear_o to_o understand_v the_o question_n r._n b._n but_o i_o will_v not_o undertake_v to_o make_v you_o understand_v it_o sect._n 67._o e._n b._n do_v not_o ramble_v and_o talk_v of_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v pure_a employ_v when_o you_o shall_v write_v about_o nature_n corrupt_v r._n b._n 1._o remember_v that_o it_o be_v not_o you_o but_o i_o that_o be_o the_o respondent_fw-la and_o have_v the_o state_v of_o the_o question_n here_o therefore_o be_v two_o more_o falsehood_n intimate_v 1._o that_o the_o question_n be_v only_o about_o nature_n as_o corrupt_v 2._o that_o i_o speak_v of_o nature_n as_o pure_a and_o not_o as_o corrupt_v for_o the_o question_n put_v by_o i_o be_v about_o nature_n as_o nature_n and_o that_o man_n shall_v not_o so_o speak_v against_o the_o corruption_n as_o to_o dishonour_v god_n part_n nature_n as_o nature_n nor_o yet_o as_o it_o be_v corrupt_v to_o make_v it_o worse_o than_o it_o be_v so_o that_o i_o speak_v not_o of_o it_o as_o pure_a but_o i_o speak_v of_o it_o both_o abstract_o as_o nature_n and_o also_o as_o corrupt_v sect._n 68_o e._n b._n do_v not_o discourse_v about_o freewill_n at_o large_a when_o you_o shall_v only_o handle_v freewill_n in_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n r._n b._n this_o imply_v another_o untruth_n employ_v that_o i_o do_v not_o speak_v of_o freewill_n in_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n to_o forbear_v the_o break_n of_o some_o of_o god_n law_n and_o to_o do_v somewhat_o command_v be_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n i_o show_v that_o man_n have_v some_o freewill_n to_o forbear_v murder_n adultery_n theft_n treason_n perjury_n perfecution_n yea_o and_o write_v falsehood_n if_o not_o why_o do_v you_o cry_v out_o of_o persecution_n silence_v atheism_n when_o man_n have_v not_o the_o least_o freewill_n to_o forbear_v they_o why_o do_v you_o refuse_v the_o imputation_n of_o your_o own_o untruth_n if_o you_o have_v not_o the_o least_o freewill_n to_o forbear_v they_o your_o word_n be_v now_o we_o see_v one_o firm_a reason_n to_o deny_v the_o least_o allowance_n of_o freewill_n in_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n since_o those_o that_o hold_v it_o in_o any_o degree_n the_o synod_n of_o dort_n teach_v other_o doctrine_n and_o so_o do_v mr._n fenner_n in_o his_o book_n of_o wilful_a impenitence_n and_o in_o the_o second_o sheet_n of_o mr._n dod_n saying_n when_o one_o have_v be_v restrain_v from_o swear_v at_o dinner_n by_o his_o presence_n contrary_a to_o his_o use_n he_o take_v occasion_n to_o show_v that_o man_n can_v do_v more_o than_o they_o do_v and_o can_v forbear_v more_o evil_a than_o they_o forbear_v sect._n 69._o e._n b._n and_o because_o many_o professor_n of_o christianity_n be_v ignorant_a and_o injudicious_a do_v not_o think_v that_o therefore_o you_o do_v well_o to_o call_v christian_n notorious_a consider_v as_o christian_n so_o these_o be_v evident_a and_o apparent_a sophism_n which_o abound_v in_o your_o last_o treatise_n r._n b._n these_o be_v deliberate_v write_v word_n and_o if_o all_o this_o be_v the_o mere_a fiction_n of_o your_o brain_n if_o i_o have_v not_o one_o syllable_n that_o have_v any_o such_o importance_n nor_o one_o word_n in_o my_o book_n have_v the_o least_o show_n of_o such_o a_o thing_n nay_o if_o the_o clean_a contrary_n be_v most_o open_o and_o plain_o express_v in_o they_o and_o yet_o rather_o than_o confess_v your_o former_a falsehood_n you_o fear_v not_o before_o god_n and_o man_n to_o second_v it_o with_o this_o most_o immodest_a additional_a forgery_n which_o have_v no_o cloak_n let_v your_o reader_n judge_n and_o let_v your_o conscience_n judge_v at_o last_o whether_o repentance_n be_v your_o duty_n he_o that_o say_v christian_n consider_v as_o christian_n be_v ignorant_a injudicious_a etc._n etc._n lay_v his_o charge_n on_o christianity_n more_o than_o on_o the_o man_n have_v you_o no_o way_n to_o hide_v your_o former_a falsehood_n but_o by_o this_o impudent_a forgery_n that_o i_o speak_v against_o christianity_n itself_o have_v not_o repentance_n be_v a_o better_a reparation_n of_o your_o prostitute_a honour_n than_o this_o sect._n 70._o e._n b._n do_v not_o love_v to_o jumble_v absurd_a and_o insignificant_a phrase_n together_o as_o to_o say_v a_o defective_a faulty_a true_a church_n r._n b._n reader_n if_o thou_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v tell_v thou_o the_o absurdity_n or_o insignificancy_n of_o any_o one_o of_o all_o these_o word_n thou_o must_v not_o put_v he_o to_o so_o much_o condescension_n but_o take_v it_o on_o his_o word_n or_o rest_v unsatisfied_a whether_o defective_a or_o faulty_a be_v insignificant_a word_n or_o whether_o no_o true_a church_n be_v defective_a and_o faulty_a if_o you_o believe_v he_o perhaps_o you_o may_v hear_v in_o his_o time_n sect._n 71._o e._n b._n to_o mention_v a_o political_a spiritual_n constitutive_a head_n r._n b._n more_o wisdom_n still_o which_o of_o these_o be_v the_o nonsense_n dark_a be_v it_o that_o the_o pope_n pretend_v to_o be_v a_o political_a head_n consult_v d._n lud._n moulins_n jugulum_fw-la causae_fw-la and_o all_o goldastus_n his_o three_o volume_n with_o chamier_n rivet_n whitaker_n blondel_n and_o all_o that_o write_v against_o he_o or_o be_v it_o that_o he_o claim_v to_o be_v a_o spiritual_a head_n or_o governor_n then_o all_o his_o own_o defender_n and_o all_o our_o opposer_n of_o he_o wrong_v he_o till_o mr._n bagshaw_n come_v to_o reform_v this_o language_n or_o be_v it_o because_o he_o claim_v not_o to_o be_v the_o constitutive_a head_n of_o the_o church_n ask_v all_o those_o papist_n that_o say_v it_o be_v essential_a
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