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one_o side_n as_o on_o the_o other_o if_o we_o cease_v not_o to_o separate_v ourselves_o from_o each_o other_o and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v in_o short_a time_n also_o for_o it_o be_v manifest_a and_o it_o proclaim_v itself_o daily_o more_o and_o more_o in_o all_o nation_n what_o bloodthirsty_a plot_n the_o jesuite_n propound_v to_o themselves_o against_o all_o those_o who_o be_v go_v out_o from_o the_o popedom_n whether_o they_o be_v call_v lutheran_n or_o caluinist_n it_o be_v very_o true_a 203.204_o doctor_n mylius_n thesi_fw-la 203.204_o the_o contentious_a will_n 〈◊〉_d believe_v it_o that_o any_o mischief_n can_v betide_v they_o from_o the_o popedom_n and_o therefore_o they_o laugh_v at_o we_o very_o scornful_o for_o that_o we_o be_v so_o fearful_a but_o the_o bold_a valiant_o have_v cause_n to_o look_v well_o to_o themselves_o that_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o fulfil_v in_o they_o which_o say_v woe_n to_o they_o that_o be_v at_o ease_n in_o zion_n and_o trust_v in_o the_o 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