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from_o pag._n 409._o to_o pag._n 426._o and_o upon_o this_o principle_n it_o be_v that_o mr_n mitchel_n act_v when_o he_o attempt_v to_o assassin_n the_o lord_n primate_n an._n 1668._o ravillac_n redivivus_fw-la pag._n 18._o 19_o and_o though_o he_o fail_v in_o his_o attempt_n as_o the_o rebel_n before_o he_o have_v do_v in_o they_o which_o never_o any_o person_n or_o person_n do_v or_o can_v do_v that_o be_v move_v by_o god_n to_o do_v a_o heroical_a act_n yet_o still_o he_o believe_v that_o the_o irresistible_a diabolical_a impulse_n which_o he_o feel_v in_o himself_o come_v from_o god_n exact_o according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o jesuit_n who_o in_o the_o apology_n for_o john_n chastel_n assert_v that_o a_o act_n be_v nevertheless_o heroical_a although_o the_o undertaker_n fail_v in_o the_o attempt_n the_o title_n of_o the_o book_n be_v apologie_n pour_fw-fr jehan_n chastel_n pariâ—ien_n &_o les_fw-fr peres_n &_o escholiers_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr societé_fw-fr de_fw-fr jesus_n etc._n etc._n contre_fw-fr l'_fw-fr arrest_n de_fw-fr parliament_n donnè_fw-la contre_fw-fr eux_fw-fr a_fw-fr paris_n le_fw-fr 29_o decembre_v 1594._o 'las_o 1595._o it_o consist_v of_o 5_o part_n and_z the_o 11_o ch_z of_o the_o three_o bear_v this_o title_n l'acte_fw-la ne_fw-fr laisse_fw-fr d'_fw-fr estre_fw-fr heroic_a quoy_fw-fr que_fw-fr l'entreprise_n ne_fw-fr vienne_fw-fr à _fw-fr chef_fw-fr jus_fw-la populi_fw-la vindicatum_fw-la and_o naphtali_n be_v the_o pocketbook_n of_o the_o field-conventiclers_a and_o the_o common_a people_n read_v the_o latter_a especial_o as_o much_o as_o the_o bible_n or_o asmuch_o as_o the_o common_a people_n of_o the_o church-communion_n read_v former_o the_o practice_n of_o piety_n or_o now_o the_o whole_a duty_n of_o man_n i_o know_v a_o scottish_a gentleman_n a_o officer_n who_o meet_v with_o a_o single_a country-fellow_n go_v to_o a_o conventicle_n examine_v and_o search_v he_o and_o in_o one_o of_o his_o pocket_n find_v naphtali_n 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