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77._o and_o now_o what_o have_v this_o defender_n here_o to_o except_v against_o why_o as_o if_o he_o be_v upon_o a_o trial_n of_o skill_n in_o ribaldry_n or_o rail_a prize_n with_o his_o old_a parishioner_n of_o billingsgate_n he_o say_v it_o be_v all_o mere_a gypsycant_n for_o it_o seem_v none_o but_o conventicle-cant_n will_v down_o with_o he_o p._n 56._o l._n 13._o but_o for_o that_o by_o his_o favour_n the_o animadverter_n will_v be_v judge_v by_o philosopher_n and_o divine_n and_o not_o by_o he_o who_o be_v neither_o all_o that_o the_o animadverter_n think_v fit_a to_o say_v at_o present_a be_v this_o that_o to_o subsist_v as_o a_o part_n be_v a_o incomplete_a state_n and_o to_o subsist_v as_o a_o person_n which_o this_o author_n hold_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v out_o of_o the_o body_n be_v a_o complete_a state_n again_o that_o for_o the_o soul_n to_o subsist_v in_o the_o body_n be_v a_o state_n natural_a to_o it_o and_o to_o subsist_v out_o of_o the_o body_n be_v preternatural_a 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as_o it_o be_v oppose_v by_o the_o animadverter_n on_o the_o other_o and_o consequent_o that_o every_o one_o of_o those_o five_o forecited_n passage_n be_v on_o the_o vindicator_n part_n a_o direct_a concession_n and_o give_v up_o of_o the_o point_n in_o controversy_n between_o they_o and_o i_o must_v hereupon_o serious_o and_o solemn_o profess_v that_o the_o only_a difficulty_n which_o i_o have_v yet_o meet_v with_o in_o this_o disputation_n have_v be_v to_o make_v a_o proud_a shameless_a man_n own_o his_o own_o word_n and_o abide_v by_o his_o own_o plain_a positive_a and_o repeat_v assertion_n though_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o none_o be_v or_o can_v be_v more_o baffle_v than_o he_o who_o in_o his_o defence_n be_v bring_v to_o deny_v what_o before_o he_o have_v affirm_v and_o thus_o we_o have_v here_o as_o the_o book_n call_v itself_o a_o defence_n of_o dr._n sherlock_n notion_n of_o the_o trinity_n if_o dr._n sherlock_n deny_v his_o word_n be_v defend_v his_o opinion_n but_o 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p._n 79._o and_o elsewhere_o that_o it_o be_v a_o inconvenient_a way_n of_o speak_v p._n 81._o l._n 33._o and_o likewise_o a_o improper_a way_n p._n 84._o l._n 24._o and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v no_o body_n so_o express_o use_v these_o term_n before_o himself_o p._n 81._o l._n 18._o all_o this_o i_o say_v he_o confess_v and_o therefore_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o man_n profess_a design_n which_o be_v have_v first_o proclaim_v himself_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n and_o flout_v at_o all_o the_o father_n as_o neither_o able_a to_o conceive_v right_o nor_o express_v themselves_o proper_o about_o the_o trinity_n to_o offer_v a_o plain_a a_o esie_n and_o much_o more_o intelligible_a account_n of_o this_o great_a article_n than_o the_o christian_a church_n be_v ever_o yet_o acquaint_v with_o and_o now_o must_v all_o this_o be_v do_v by_o term_n unusual_a inconvenient_a and_o improper_a and_o never_o use_v express_o upon_o this_o subject_a but_o 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