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only_o avenge_v on_o the_o great_a and_o mighty_a ill-man_n himself_o who_o have_v discharge_v conscience_n from_o come_v upon_o his_o ground_n and_o sacrilegious_o intrude_v himself_o on_o church_n domain_v and_o flesh_v therein_o run_v with_o open_a mouth_n on_o the_o commons_o of_o the_o country_n but_o also_o on_o all_o such_o unjust_a magistrate_n *_o suborn_v witness_n 11._o amos_n 2._o pro._n 19_o 5._o pro._n 21._o 28._o psal_n 140._o 11._o corrupt_a juror_n truth-outfacing_a lawyer_n cruel_a under-sheriffe_n and_o cunning_a solicitor_n as_o have_v assist_v he_o in_o his_o bloody_a conquest_n and_o triumph_v over_o his_o harmless_a helpless_a distress_a minister_n tenant_n neighbour_n yea_o more_o than_o so_o in_o the_o 26._o of_o levit._n and_o 28._o of_o deut._n 28._o deut._n 28._o you_o shall_v find_v a_o large_a patrimony_n of_o fearful_a plague_n entail_v to_o the_o very_a posterity_n of_o all_o unconscionable_a perverter_n of_o judgement_n persecuter_n of_o the_o 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be_v among_o christian_n cave_n videt_fw-la dominus_fw-la the_o forgetfulness_n whereof_o 14._o psal_n 33._o 13_o 14._o make_v many_o man_n especial_o great_a one_o to_o dig_v deep_a as_o if_o they_o will_v hide_v their_o counsel_n from_o 15._o isa_n 29._o 15._o the_o lord_n to_o work_v in_o darkness_n as_o if_o none_o shall_v or_o can_v see_v they_o and_o politic_o as_o they_o deem_v it_o but_o dangerous_o as_o the_o event_n prove_v it_o to_o contrive_v in_o secret_a those_o thing_n which_o afterward_o be_v bring_v to_o light_n cast_v shame_n in_o their_o face_n a_o burden_n on_o their_o conscience_n a_o blot_n on_o their_o name_n and_o without_o repentance_n everlasting_a confusion_n upon_o body_n and_o soul_n but_o i_o hope_v this_o lethargy_n and_o deadly_a sickness_n *_o have_v no_o way_n endanger_v your_o soul_n but_o saluian_a temeritaâ—_n aut_fw-la timiditas_fw-la judicis_fw-la vel_fw-la favoribus_fw-la corrupti_fw-la vel_fw-la pavoribus_fw-la territi_fw-la est_fw-la 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