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face_n justify_v those_o wicked_a opinion_n there_o set_v down_o as_o that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o sin_n etc._n etc._n yea_o maintain_n more_o than_o i_o have_v particular_o mention_v in_o pag._n 78._o namely_o that_o child_n owe_v no_o obedience_n to_o their_o parent_n except_o they_o be_v godly_a it_o be_v most_o certain_o true_a and_o mr._n greenhil_n dare_v not_o deny_v it_o and_o for_o proof_n of_o it_o mr._n familiâ—â—_n randal_n a_o ear_n and_o eye_n witness_v relate_v it_o to_o i_o and_o to_o other_o yea_o since_o cretensis_n book_n come_v forth_o that_o deny_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o story_n i_o have_v ask_v mr._n randal_n of_o it_o and_o he_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v undeniable_o true_a and_o for_o to_o evince_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o mr._n randal_n tell_v i_o these_o circumstance_n viz._n who_o be_v present_a when_o nichols_n do_v maintain_v these_o opinion_n to_o mr._n greenhil_n namely_o beside_o himself_o one_o oat_n a_o carpenter_n and_o divers_a woman_n 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