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the_o want_n of_o distant_a person_n and_o charity_n will_v have_v gather_v but_o this_o it_o be_v their_o supporter_n judgement_n and_o their_o own_o that_o not_o the_o loiterer_n but_o the_o labourer_n be_v worthy_a of_o his_o meat_n at_o least_o and_o that_o to_o cease_v preach_v till_o man_n necessity_n cease_v be_v a_o heinous_a sin_n and_o a_o man_n may_v forbear_v reward_v and_o encourage_v heinous_a sin_n without_o the_o gild_n that_o you_o seem_v to_o suspect_v quest._n 24._o why_o do_v you_o think_v that_o the_o minister_n do_v not_o do_v their_o best_a in_o private_a as_o well_o as_o in_o public_a to_o those_o that_o will_v receive_v themâ—_n read_v jos._n allen_n life_n inquire_v better_o in_o london_n whether_o mr._n sangar_n mr._n caughton_n mr._n reed_n mr._n doelittle_n mr._n turner_n dr._n anesly_n mr._n vincent_n and_o such_o other_o do_v not_o labour_v as_o well_o in_o private_a as_o in_o public_a for_o my_o part_n i_o be_o not_o now_o able_a must_v i_o therefore_o 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more_o late_o who_o desire_v some_o alteration_n in_o the_o external_a form_n of_o administration_n use_v in_o our_o church_n have_v not_o run_v so_o high_a as_o to_o assert_v thing_n unlawful_a which_o by_o all_o their_o medium_n they_o can_v never_o prove_v to_o be_v so_o etc._n etc._n quest._n 25._o why_o then_o do_v not_o their_o charity_n or_o you_o show_v the_o weakness_n of_o what_o we_o take_v for_o proof_n nor_o ever_o answer_v our_o three_o last_o large_a write_n give_v in_o to_o they_o quest._n 26._o you_o true_o contradict_v many_o write_n of_o the_o unanswerable_a conformist_n who_o say_v that_o at_o worcester_n house_n or_o in_o that_o treaty_n we_o profess_v all_o that_o we_o oppose_v to_o be_v lawful_a and_o only_o inconvenient_a which_o of_o you_o shall_v the_o ignorant_a believe_v quest._n 27._o know_v you_o not_o how_o much_o be_v add_v since_o will_v you_o join_v with_o they_o that_o build_v up_o a_o double_a wall_n of_o separation_n and_o will_v by_o no_o entreaty_n take_v down_o one_o stone_n of_o it_o and_o then_o cry_v schism_n and_o separation_n quest._n 28._o do_v you_o ever_o see_v or_o hear_v our_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o take_v for_o such_o if_o not_o how_o can_v you_o judge_v so_o peremptory_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d of_o of_o the_o eight_o point_n that_o at_o the_o savoy_n we_o undertake_v to_o prove_v great_a sin_n and_o of_o 〈…〉_o that_o i_o take_v for_o heinous_a sin_n shall_v i_o commit_v they_o which_o be_v now_o in_o my_o thought_n i_o will_v only_o beg_v the_o charity_n of_o your_o argument_n to_o prove_v 〈…〉_o of_o these_o very_a few_o follow_v least_o by_o the_o number_n i_o discourage_v you_o quest._n 1._o how_o prove_v you_o it_o lawful_a to_o assent_v and_o consent_v to_o a_o double_a 〈◊〉_d that_o infant_n baptize_v and_o die_v before_o actual_a sin_n be_v save_v not_o except_v any_o infanfant_n of_o pagan_a turk_n or_o atheist_n or_o insidel_n be_v you_o certain_a of_o this_o by_o god_n word_n heretofore_o be_v you_o certain_a now_o o_o then_o help_v we_o to_o certainty_n by_o your_o proof_n may_v not_o a_o man_n be_v baptize_v that_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o the_o gospel_n be_v true_a if_o he_o believe_v it_o so_o far_o as_o to_o venture_v life_n and_o soul_n and_o all_o upon_o it_o quest._n 2._o how_o prove_v you_o that_o i_o may_v assent_v and_o consent_n that_o no_o parent_n shall_v be_v godfather_n for_o his_o child_n nor_o enter_v he_o at_o all_o into_o god_n covenant_n by_o speak_v one_o word_n of_o promise_n or_o undertake_n nor_o say_v the_o canon_n may_v he_o be_v urge_v to_o be_v present_a but_o that_o the_o only_a covenant_a undertaker_n or_o promiser_n shall_v be_v our_o godfather_n and_o godmother_n who_o perfidious_o promise_v what_o not_o one_o of_o thousand_o that_o adopt_v not_o the_o child_n ever_o make_v any_o man_n believe_v that_o they_o have_v any_o intention_n to_o perform_v and_o tempt_v anabaptist_n to_o take_v we_o all_o to_o be_v unbaptise_v 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not_o receive_v kneel_v or_o that_o be_v excommunicate_a for_o not_o pay_v the_o fee_n of_o the_o court_n or_o all_o that_o a_o lay-chancellor_n use_v the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n do_v excommunicate_a and_o to_o assent_v and_o consent_v so_o to_o do_v to_o the_o first_o at_o least_o quest._n 5._o how_o prove_v you_o it_o lawful_a to_o assent_v and_o consent_n to_o deny_v christian_a communion_n to_o all_o that_o be_v not_o confirm_v by_o the_o bishop_n or_o willing_a to_o be_v so_o though_o he_o be_v never_o so_o willing_a to_o own_o his_o baptismal_a covenant_n and_o do_v all_o that_o a_o christian_a man_n shall_v do_v when_o the_o reform_a church_n have_v write_v so_o much_o against_o the_o necessity_n of_o such_o confirmation_n quest._n 6._o how_o to_o prove_v you_o it_o lawful_a to_o assent_v and_o consent_n that_o all_o the_o atheist_n infidel_n heretic_n and_o wicked_a man_n yea_o every_o individual_a person_n in_o england_n except_o the_o unbaptised_a excommunicate_a and_o 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