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the_o nation_n in_o general_n if_o his_o own_o maxim_n 11._o pag._n 11._o may_v take_v place_n fol._n 13._o that_o in_o all_o society_n the_o public_a act_n of_o free_a representative_n virtual_o and_o interpretatiuâ—ly_o include_v all_o who_o declarative_o oppose_v it_o not_o 13._o pag._n 13._o 29._o now_o let_v we_o consider_v with_o what_o argument_n he_o fortify_v this_o ignorant_a or_o voluntary_a mistake_n the_o declaration_n say_v he_o run_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o catholic_n of_o ireland_n 11._o pag._n 10_o 11._o which_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v any_o convince_a evidence_n of_o their_o general_a consent_n in_o a_o age_n when_o public_a use_n be_v make_v of_o the_o king_n name_n to_o engage_v his_o subject_n to_o fight_v against_o his_o person_n for_o a_o argument_n ex_fw-la post_fw-la facto_fw-la â—e_n ask_v why_o do_v not_o the_o generality_n punish_v the_o transgressor_n this_o indeed_o have_v be_v a_o very_a compendious_a way_n to_o assist_v the_o gentleman_n and_o to_o 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lie_v in_o the_o name_n protestant_n which_o he_o will_v have_v shall_v extend_v no_o far_o than_o those_o who_o have_v adhere_v to_o the_o liturgy_n of_o the_o 12._o pag._n 12._o church_n of_o england_n but_o because_o i_o find_v that_o the_o long_a and_o short_a parliament_n that_o cromwell_n and_o his_o brief_a successor_n that_o the_o rump_n the_o restore_v member_n and_o the_o counsel_n of_o safety_n in_o all_o their_o public_a transaction_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o involve_v under_o that_o name_n all_o those_o that_o oppose_v the_o catholic_n roman_n church_n i_o give_v the_o name_n the_o same_o latitude_n otherwise_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v most_o unjust_a to_o the_o royal_a party_n that_o uphold_v the_o tenet_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o exercise_n though_o clandestine_o and_o of_o the_o rite_n of_o it_o and_o conserve_v the_o principle_n of_o that_o loyalty_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o israel_n and_o if_o this_o gentleman_n 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my_o discourse_n it_o be_v true_a that_o p._n w._n can_v prove_v any_o of_o these_o many_o thousand_o thus_o wicked_o principled_a to_o be_v a_o protestant_n and_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o this_o gentleman_n can_v deny_v but_o they_o pass_v under_o that_o notion_n and_o that_o even_o the_o saintsâ—t_n â—t_z edgehiâ—l_n and_o worcester_n give_v themselves_o that_o name_n and_o be_v esteem_v to_o be_v such_o in_o common_a acceptation_n 32._o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n have_v glorious_o vindicate_v the_o english_a nation_n from_o the_o crime_n of_o that_o execrable_a parricide_n with_o which_o it_o be_v asperse_v and_o that_o which_o be_v omit_v by_o the_o new_a inhabitant_n of_o the_o corporation_n in_o ireland_n have_v in_o testimony_n of_o their_o joy_n for_o the_o same_o be_v solemn_o perform_v by_o all_o the_o city_n and_o most_o of_o the_o town_n in_o england_n cromwell_n have_v in_o a_o thousand_o opprobrious_a form_n be_v execute_v in_o effigy_n and_o his_o name_n 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they_o will_n as_o for_o his_o occasional_a assertion_n that_o to_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a 93._o pag._n 93._o may_v come_v of_o it_o may_v be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o rome_n no_o romanist_n i_o be_o certain_a will_n ever_o allow_v nor_o can_v he_o charge_v any_o of_o all_o their_o communion_n with_o that_o wicked_a maxim_n in_o any_o kind_n of_o sense_n that_o may_v not_o be_v return_v on_o himself_o again_o with_o very_a much_o disadvantage_n to_o his_o party_n for_o if_o he_o say_v for_o example_n that_o some_o papist_n writer_n teach_v that_o subject_n may_v rebel_v against_o the_o sovereign_a power_n to_o the_o end_n that_o religion_n may_v be_v restore_v or_o preserve_v and_o therefore_o teach_v to_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o rebellion_n questionless_a be_v a_o very_a great_a evil_n in_o itself_o and_o true_a religion_n as_o great_a a_o good_a i_o will_v fain_o know_v whether_o his_o own_o religious_a client_n have_v not_o in_o a_o thousand_o pamphlet_n 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