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nature_n very_o laudable_a 5._o and_o i_o mention_v this_o not_o as_o a_o praise_n of_o he_o but_o as_o a_o conviction_n of_o the_o rebellious_a army_n who_o think_v they_o may_v take_v down_o all_o government_n to_o set_v up_o themselves_o who_o they_o can_v easy_o believe_v to_o be_v good_a and_o godly_a than_o any_o other_o and_o whereas_o they_o pretend_v that_o it_o be_v for_o ungodliness_n that_o they_o pull_v down_o their_o superior_n i_o show_v they_o that_o if_o they_o can_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o king_n be_v godly_a nor_o the_o parliament_n godly_a nor_o the_o minor_a part_n of_o the_o parliament_n call_v the_o rump_n godly_a nor_o their_o little_a mock-parliament_n godly_a yet_o they_o shall_v not_o have_v so_o accuse_v cromwell_n who_o they_o cry_v up_o and_o set_v he_o up_o themselves_o and_o magnify_v so_o high_o as_o they_o do_v 6._o and_o i_o mean_v this_o commendation_n of_o some_o of_o his_o action_n as_o comparative_a only_o and_o better_a than_o they_o that_o 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suffering_n especial_o when_o we_o suffer_v with_o they_o though_o by_o they_o and_o when_o their_o adversary_n need_v no_o instigation_n that_o i_o have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o judge_v it_o my_o duty_n to_o speak_v of_o that_o very_a evil_n which_o i_o and_o other_o suffer_v by_o but_o have_v be_v hardly_o put_v to_o it_o these_o eleven_o year_n between_o the_o thought_n of_o open_a disow_v those_o sin_n of_o self-exalting_a usurper_n that_o have_v confound_v we_o and_o a_o lothness_n to_o increase_v the_o suffering_n of_o those_o that_o be_v underfoot_o and_o this_o last_o prevail_v i_o have_v great_o by_o it_o displease_v my_o superior_n and_o yet_o lest_o i_o shall_v harden_v man_n in_o impenitency_n have_v gentle_o mention_v these_o crime_n it_o displease_v such_o as_o be_v most_o oblige_v to_o repent_v and_o how_o strange_o do_v this_o man_n despise_v his_o reader_n while_o he_o again_o make_v it_o such_o a_o thing_n in_o i_o calumny_n to_o compare_v cromwell_n to_o maximus_n who_o still_o he_o load_v with_o odious_a title_n when_o in_o my_o first_o book_n i_o tell_v he_o p._n 374._o that_o maximus_n by_o the_o bishop_n be_v account_v a_o very_a religious_a christian_a and_o pretend_v that_o the_o soldier_n in_o england_n make_v he_o emperor_n against_o his_o will_n and_o take_v part_n with_o the_o orthodox_n and_o great_o honour_v the_o bishop_n and_o promote_v religion_n and_o get_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o love_n and_o honour_n and_o in_o my_o defence_n i_o tell_v he_o that_o maximus_n be_v by_o historian_n make_v so_o good_a a_o man_n of_o himself_o that_o i_o more_o fear_v lest_o many_o will_v have_v make_v i_o a_o praiser_n of_o cromwell_n by_o the_o comparison_n and_o i_o cite_v p._n 142._o the_o word_n of_o sulpitius_n severus_n of_o he_o vir_fw-la omni_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la merito_fw-la praedicandus_fw-la si_fw-la ei_fw-la diadema_fw-la non_fw-la legitime_fw-la tumultuante_fw-la milite_fw-la impositum_fw-la repudiare_fw-la vel_fw-la armis_fw-la civilibus_fw-la abstinere_fw-la licuisset_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o word_n of_o beda_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 1._o c._n 9_o maximus_fw-la vir_fw-la strenuus_fw-la &_o probus_fw-la atque_fw-la augusto_fw-la dignus_fw-la nisi_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la per_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la emersisset_fw-la etc._n etc._n invitus_fw-la propemodum_fw-la ab_fw-la exercitis_fw-la creatus_fw-la imperator_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o all_o this_o be_v not_o worthy_a the_o observation_n of_o this_o temerarious_a man_n who_o still_o put_v this_o among_o my_o unbecoming_a usage_n of_o cromwell_n when_o if_o he_o have_v weigh_v what_o i_o write_v i_o shall_v have_v rather_o expect_v that_o he_o will_v have_v accuse_v i_o again_o for_o overpraise_v he_o sect._n 19_o e._n b._n as_o for_o your_o flattery_n to_o his_o son_n falsehood_n which_o i_o also_o charge_v you_o with_o and_o you_o with_o a_o strange_a but_o not_o to_o yourself_o unusual_a boldness_n do_v deny_v etc._n etc._n r._n b._n i_o give_v a_o 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false_o charge_v i_o to_o deny_v that_o which_o i_o deny_v not_o and_o recite_v my_o word_n in_o the_o dedication_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o book_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o dedication_n be_v flattery_n sect._n 20._o e._n b._n deny_v if_o you_o can_v the_o consequence_n calumny_n that_o it_o become_v not_o you_o to_o blame_v the_o effect_n who_o give_v such_o rise_n and_o encouragement_n to_o the_o cause_n i_o mean_v unless_o you_o repent_v of_o the_o cause_n which_o it_o be_v evident_a you_o have_v not_o yet_o do_v and_o if_o i_o may_v not_o be_v believe_v in_o this_o opinion_n of_o you_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o bishop_n of_o worcester_n will_n who_o for_o this_o very_a thing_n do_v former_o accuse_v you_o of_o rebellion_n from_o which_o charge_n he_o that_o defend_v you_o then_o leave_v you_o to_o acquit_v yourself_o now_o as_o well_o as_o you_o can_v r._n b._n 1._o your_o i_o mean_v unless_o you_o repent_v be_v none_o of_o your_o former_a word_n when_o you_o say_v one_o 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incline_v to_o they_o r._n b._n here_o he_o untrue_o intimate_v that_o i_o say_v more_o who_o never_o say_v so_o much_o but_o only_o that_o she_o think_v they_o live_v strictly_o than_o we_o and_o fall_v in_o among_o they_o and_o now_o reader_n i_o shall_v again_o tell_v thou_o my_o reason_n for_o all_o that_o i_o say_v of_o she_o mr._n joseph_n baker_n then_o preacher_n in_o worcester_n a_o man_n of_o unquestionable_a prudence_n and_o credit_n now_o with_o christ_n tell_v i_o all_o that_o i_o have_v say_v of_o this_o woman_n and_o that_o she_o have_v not_o be_v at_o church_n of_o a_o long_a time_n before_o and_o be_v pass_v along_o the_o street_n and_o be_v sudden_o move_v to_o go_v in_o to_o the_o church_n at_o lecture_n time_n and_o that_o she_o be_v strike_v as_o aforesaid_a at_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o text_n and_o before_o sermon_n be_v do_v can_v hardly_o forbear_v cry_v out_o in_o church_n and_o that_o she_o have_v on_o the_o conceit_n of_o their_o strictness_n fall_v in_o among_o the_o quaker_n and_o be_v often_o at_o their_o meeting_n but_o hear_v they_o speak_v against_o scripture_n and_o minister_n be_v trouble_v and_o think_v that_o they_o speak_v that_o which_o her_o experience_n will_v not_o suffer_v she_o to_o consent_v to_o and_o that_o she_o be_v like_a in_o these_o perplexity_n to_o fall_v into_o great_a melancholy_n and_o her_o body_n also_o to_o be_v weaken_v by_o the_o trouble_n of_o her_o mind_n and_o that_o through_o his_o motion_n or_o persuasion_n she_o be_v desirous_a to_o speak_v with_o i_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o deny_v belief_n to_o he_o when_o i_o come_v next_o to_o his_o house_n the_o gentlewoman_n come_v to_o i_o and_o he_o and_o she_o together_o repeat_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o this_o again_o and_o she_o speak_v not_o a_o syllable_n against_o it_o and_o speak_v a_o few_o word_n to_o dissuade_v she_o from_o the_o quaker_n in_o haste_n i_o never_o see_v she_o more_o the_o say_a mr._n baker_n tell_v i_o after_o of_o all_o her_o sad_a and_o melancholy_a abstinence_n and_o weakness_n and_o of_o mr._n browne_n and_o mr._n jordanes_n frequency_n with_o she_o and_o short_o after_o show_v i_o the_o book_n with_o mr._n browne_v epistle_n to_o it_o and_o tell_v i_o that_o which_o they_o now_o thus_o quarrel_v with_o that_o mr._n browne_n be_v one_o of_o the_o publisher_n of_o it_o and_o be_v for_o the_o doctrine_n in_o it_o though_o i_o discern_v by_o the_o book_n that_o she_o herself_o be_v take_v with_o that_o point_n these_o thing_n i_o long_o hear_v affirm_v and_o confirm_v and_o never_o contradict_v till_o this_o day_n and_o now_o you_o hear_v that_o the_o time_a of_o mr._n browne_v opinion_n and_o endeavour_n be_v all_o that_o they_o can_v say_v any_o thing_n against_o themselves_o and_o thus_o much_o i_o think_v meet_v to_o say_v against_o their_o rash_a occasion_n on_o this_o by-occasion_n sect._n 94._o r._n b._n p._n 30._o i_o have_v not_o yet_o do_v with_o mr._n bagshaw_n he_o come_v on_o again_o in_o a_o postscript_n with_o more_o untruth_n and_o first_o he_o tell_v you_o how_o little_a commendation_n it_o be_v to_o my_o honesty_n to_o have_v yet_o such_o easy_a access_n now_o to_o the_o licenser_n and_o press_n that_o he_o can_v print_v two_o book_n before_o another_o man_n can_v publish_v a_o few_o sheet_n answ_n 1._o i_o never_o speak_v with_o the_o licensor_n b._n nor_o see_v he_o and_o if_o neither_o of_o those_o two_o book_n be_v license_v when_o he_o write_v this_o at_o least_o be_v not_o this_o still_o a_o fearless_a heedless_a man_n 2._o be_v not_o honesty_n among_o these_o man_n become_v a_o word_n of_o a_o new_a signification_n honesty_n and_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n if_o our_o dishonesty_n make_v we_o unworthy_a of_o their_o communion_n when_o our_o honesty_n be_v questionable_a for_o the_o licens_v of_o our_o book_n if_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o dishonesty_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n which_o our_o ruler_n will_v but_o allow_v of_o it_o may_v next_o be_v dishonesty_n to_o speak_v any_o thing_n that_o they_o think_v worthy_a to_o be_v believe_v and_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n if_o they_o do_v but_o allow_v it_o and_o may_v not_o your_o honesty_n be_v as_o reasonable_o question_v because_o you_o be_v suffer_v to_o preach_v sure_o the_o licenser_n be_v not_o so_o bad_a man_n as_o to_o prove_v all_o dishonest_a who_o book_n they_o licence_n sect._n 95._o e._n b._n his_o last_o book_n about_o the_o sabbath_n may_v have_v be_v whole_o spare_v dr._n owen_n have_v judicious_o and_o accurate_o handle_v that_o question_n before_o he_o r._n b._n 1._o the_o wisdom_n from_o above_o be_v without_o partiality_n and_o without_o hypocrisy_n partiality_n be_v it_o a_o blot_n on_o dr._n owen_n honesty_n that_o his_o book_n be_v license_v o_o forgetful_a man_n 2._o who_o make_v the_o law_n that_o no_o man_n must_v write_v on_o a_o subject_n after_o dr._n owen_n be_v dr._n owen_n to_o be_v blame_v for_o needless_a work_n because_o he_o write_v on_o 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