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preservation_n of_o that_o precious_a interest_n i_o judge_v you_o will_v allow_v i_o to_o say_v it_o to_o you_o that_o it_o may_v have_v be_v expect_v from_o the_o west_n of_o scotland_n in_o a_o particular_a manner_n that_o they_o will_v have_v give_v some_o evidence_n of_o a_o peculiar_a concernednesse_n in_o the_o interest_n of_o christ_n and_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o our_o pure_a and_o bless_a reformation_n purge_v from_o the_o plague_n of_o usurp_a erastianisme_n and_o its_o wretched_a bratâ—_n abjure_v episcopacy_n lâ—r_v we_o call_v ourselves_o to_o the_o remembrance_n of_o our_o carriage_n in_o that_o day_n be_v we_o fright_v at_o the_o dismal_a appearance_n of_o these_o danger_n wherewith_o the_o work_n of_o god_n be_v threaten_v by_o incarcerate_v some_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_o faithful_a and_o useful_a instrument_n in_o that_o work_n or_o be_v we_o waken_v out_o of_o our_o dream_n of_o halcyon_n day_n of_o liberty_n etc._n etc._n when_o the_o blood_n of_o 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see_v to_o or_o secure_v in_o the_o first_o place_n till_o we_o see_v it_o be_v irrecoverable_o lose_v and_o now_o god_n be_v righteous_a in_o lash_v we_o by_o these_o very_a hand_n into_o which_o we_o put_v power_n to_o destroy_v that_o which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o have_v preserve_v with_o the_o loss_n of_o all_o thing_n life_n itself_o not_o except_v o_o for_o the_o spirit_n of_o repentance_n to_o be_v pour_v out_o upon_o all_o of_o we_o that_o remâ—in_n for_o if_o we_o be_v weep_v upon_o he_o for_o pardon_n take_v vengeance_n on_o our_o own_o invention_n and_o wrestle_v with_o he_o by_o prayer_n and_o supplication_z if_o we_o be_v much_o upon_o our_o knee_n before_o he_o when_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o these_o from_o who_o we_o be_v no_o able_a to_o rise_v up_o our_o enemy_n shall_v not_o stand_v long_o upon_o their_o foot_n who_o now_o tread_v under_o foot_n his_o precious_a interest_n and_o people_n for_o a_o saint_n be_v a_o hercules_n in_o genus_fw-la that_o 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and_o overturn_v we_o see_v a_o act_n rescissory_a the_o wickedness_n whereof_o reach_v heaven_n we_o see_v abominable_a and_o abjure_a episcopacy_n reestablish_v by_o law_n and_o the_o faithful_a minister_n of_o christ_n drive_v from_o their_o flock_n thus_o we_o see_v jericho_n rebuilt_a and_o so_o the_o nation_n become_v a_o curse_n be_v so_o deep_o and_o so_o deliberate_o involve_v into_o the_o guilt_n of_o open_a own_v avouch_v and_o by_o law_n establish_v perjury_n now_o what_o do_v we_o in_o rhe_n mean_a time_n alas_o we_o have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o day_n in_o its_o day_n we_o carry_v not_o as_o know_v the_o time_n and_o what_o the_o israel_n of_o god_n ought_v to_o have_v do_v but_o for_o all_o that_o be_v yet_o act_v and_o do_v satan_n have_v not_o drive_v our_o apostasy_n from_o god_n the_o full_a length_n he_o intend_v and_o therefore_o he_o still_o drive_v on_o and_o remember_v well_o how_o he_o have_v be_v put_v to_o flee_v often_o seven_o way_n before_o the_o 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unto_o and_o settle_v upon_o the_o king_n o_o dangerous_a and_o unsettling_a setlement_n noâ—_n the_o incommunicable_a prerogative_n of_o he_o who_o be_v king_n in_o zion_n and_o who_o be_v right_a it_o be_v to_o give_v law_n to_o rulâ—_n his_o own_o church_n and_o house_n be_v alieanat_n and_o append_v to_o the_o imperial_a â—rown_n of_o tâ—e_v nation_n and_o it_o be_v now_o declare_v for_o ever_o to_o be_v its_o inherent_a right_n to_o dispose_v of_o and_o do_v in_o all_o church_n matter_n as_o our_o king_n in_o his_o royal_a wisdom_n shall_v think_v fit_a the_o most_o manifest_a unmask_v high_a and_o horrid_a usurpation_n of_o tâ—e_v throne_n of_o christ_n that_o ever_o the_o world_n see_v anâ—_n thâ—_n most_o down_o righâ—_n contradiction_n to_o