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former_a error_n and_o profess_v their_o present_a faith_n and_o undertake_v a_o new_a life_n from_o that_o which_o before_o they_o lead_v though_o happy_o not_o so_o formal_o nor_o so_o perfect_o as_o be_v to_o have_v be_v wish_v objection_n but_o they_o receive_v all_o together_o papist_n atheist_n ignorant_a man_n &_o all_o dissolute_a liver_n into_o one_o communion_n and_o fellowship_n answer_n indeed_o all_o who_o after_o this_o advizement_n and_o notice_n take_v submit_v to_o &_o receive_v this_o doctrine_n these_o be_v all_o receyve_v in_o and_o therefore_o no_o open_a profess_a papist_n athiste_n nor_o other_o heretic_n as_o for_o ignorant_a man_n it_o be_v not_o possible_a but_o many_o will_v escape_v among_o the_o rest_n in_o so_o great_a and_o so_o general_a reformation_n of_o a_o public_a state_n and_o so_o questionless_a it_o be_v in_o hezechias_n manasses_n and_o josias_n reformation_n 2._o chron._n which_o we_o note_v