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bitter_a and_o rebellious_a trumpeter_n of_o war_n in_o the_o late_a distemper_a time_n who_o loud_o out_o of_o the_o pulper_n thunder_v into_o the_o people_n ear_n curse_v you_o meroz_n yea_o curse_v you_o bitter_o etc._n etc._n and_o there_o be_v not_o want_v in_o this_o nation_n say_v he_o those_o who_o can_v find_v rome_n in_o england_n to_o make_v meroz_n of_o it_o when_o they_o please_v repl._n then_o they_o be_v those_o chief_o that_o be_v of_o your_o emissary_n gender_v and_o foment_v but_o it_o be_v well_o know_v to_o all_o the_o world_n that_o it_o have_v be_v precise_o and_o particular_o my_o care_n and_o labour_n to_o distinguish_v what_o be_v true_o antichristan_n from_o what_o be_v not_o that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n may_v be_v clear_v from_o such_o imputation_n and_o the_o saddle_n set_v on_o the_o right_a horse_n as_o you_o may_v see_v preface_n to_o my_o idea_n of_o antichristianism_n sect._n 8._o and_o in_o the_o two_o last_o chapter_n of_o synopsis_fw-la 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those_o that_o be_v the_o most_o hearty_a well-willer_n to_o the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o most_o suspect_v by_o they_o but_o truth_n and_o innocency_n bid_v defiance_n to_o all_o your_o device_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n where_o be_v the_o charge_n make_v good_a of_o be_v so_o little_o concern_v whether_o i_o speak_v true_a or_o false_a in_o this_o exhortation_n of_o i_o why_o at_o last_o it_o be_v this_o that_o i_o so_o peremptory_o aver_v that_o no_o protestant_n allow_v they_o a_o possibility_n of_o salvation_n but_o only_o in_o case_n of_o such_o a_o repentance_n as_o imply_v a_o absolute_a renunctation_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o its_o idolatrous_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n by_o disowning_n of_o and_o dismember_n themselves_o from_o the_o roman_a church_n which_o say_v he_o will_v scarce_o appear_v pardonable_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o fellow_n doctor_n repl._n this_o be_v a_o charge_n found_v upon_o the_o eight_o paragraph_n of_o this_o ten_o chapter_n i_o 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will_v appear_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n with_o myself_o and_o for_o that_o of_o mr._n hooker_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o justification_n sect._n 17._o where_o he_o saâ—s_v for_o my_o part_n i_o dare_v not_o deny_v possibility_n of_o their_o salvation_n who_o have_v be_v the_o chief_a instrument_n of_o we_o which_o quotation_n which_o my_o adversary_n so_o much_o glory_n in_o it_o be_v evident_a be_v nâ—thing_v at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o speak_v not_o here_o of_o those_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n since_o the_o reformation_n but_o beâ—ore_o when_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o woman_n in_o the_o wilderness_n as_o be_v manifest_a both_o from_o the_o sentence_n itself_o quote_v and_o the_o context_n but_o if_o mr._n hooker_n authority_n be_v of_o any_o weight_n with_o you_o do_v but_o look_v into_o the_o forego_n section_n and_o he_o will_v tell_v you_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v play_v the_o harlot_n worse_o than_o ever_o 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