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the_o quaker_n most_o unjust_o call_v it_o persecution_n §_o 50._o he_o add_v pag._n 359._o christ_n give_v we_o no_o power_n to_o demand_v a_o maintenance_n from_o those_o who_o do_v not_o receive_v we_o nor_o do_v we_o demand_v of_o the_o quaker_n to_o give_v we_o one_o single_a penny_n more_o than_o what_o be_v give_v to_o we_o and_o settle_v on_o we_o many_o hundred_o year_n ago_o we_o only_o ask_v our_o own_o we_o only_o ask_v that_o which_o the_o quaker_n do_v not_o take_v of_o his_o landlord_n that_o which_o be_v or_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v abate_v in_o his_o rent_n if_o a_o tenant_n be_v to_o pay_v a_o annuity_n to_o a_o lord_n as_o free-rent_n or_o to_o a_o hospital_n or_o other_o person_n will_v his_o say_n he_o do_v not_o receive_v he_o or_o they_o excuse_v he_o from_o pay_v the_o money_n our_o lord_n jesus_n own_v we_o for_o his_o minister_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n own_v we_o and_o declare_v we_o be_v the_o person_n to_o who_o this_o estate_n belong_v and_o 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