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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_a p._n 77._o and_o so_o far_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o inform_v the_o popish_a crew_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v mistake_v in_o the_o good_a protestant_a religion_n of_o our_o good_a church_n as_o coleman_n call_v it_o i_o pray_v let_v they_o not_o be_v inform_v that_o we_o obey_v more_o for_o fear_n than_o for_o conscience_n sake_n no_o nor_o that_o we_o be_v afraid_a to_o die_v for_o our_o religion_n of_o god_n call_v we_o to_o do_v it_o as_o to_o your_o parenthesis_n that_o we_o have_v no_o apprehension_n of_o persecution_n from_o any_o other_o quarter_n i_o tell_v you_o we_o have_v feel_v a_o great_a persecution_n in_o our_o age_n from_o geneva_n than_o from_o rome_n and_o if_o the_o one_o have_v since_o the_o reformation_n in_o this_o nation_n kill_v a_o thousand_o the_o other_o have_v slay_v ten_o thousand_o your_o next_o reflection_n be_v on_o the_o pulpit-law_n as_o you_o say_v the_o lord_n faulkland_n call_v it_o of_o sibthorp_n and_o 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