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have_v so_o much_o advocate_v and_o plead_v in_o your_o defence_n and_o so_o bitter_o exclaim_v against_o many_o other_o who_o as_o we_o believe_v be_v faithful_a servant_n of_o christ_n and_o see_v he_o have_v make_v the_o paper_n subscribe_v by_o sixty_o six_o friend_n one_o great_a occasion_n of_o his_o print_n and_o make_v a_o huge_a outcry_n against_o it_o and_o they_o that_o sign_v it_o as_o no_o better_a than_o apostate_n and_o have_v run_v in_o the_o very_a way_n of_o cain_n etc._n etc._n part_v 2._o pag._n 91_o 92._o and_o part_v 1._o pag._n 45._o and_o that_o the_o form_n they_o take_v be_v worse_a than_o the_o form_n of_o divers_a apostate_n christian_n which_o appear_v very_o uncharitable_a judgement_n and_o a_o severe_a excommunication_n we_o will_v serious_o ask_v you_o these_o few_o question_n viz._n one_a if_o you_o own_v w._n r._n his_o print_n and_o what_o he_o have_v print_v on_o that_o subject_n two_o if_o you_o own_o his_o revile_v so_o many_o friend_n and_o 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enmity_n inadvertency_n and_o discomposedness_n and_o prolixity_n in_o his_o writing_n disaffect_v xii_o w._n r._n first_o part_n pag._n 9_o he_o frame_v the_o objection_n viz._n it_o be_v true_a friend_n in_o the_o beginning_n be_v turn_v to_o the_o light_n in_o their_o own_o conscience_n as_o their_o guide_n but_o when_o it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o gather_v so_o great_a a_o number_n into_o the_o knowledge_n and_o belief_n of_o the_o truth_n as_o be_v in_o few_o year_n gather_v than_o the_o heavenly_a motion_n come_v upon_o g._n f._n as_o the_o lord_n be_v anoint_v and_o choose_v have_v the_o care_n of_o the_o church_n as_o be_v the_o great_a apostle_n of_o christ_n jesus_n and_o as_o one_o who_o the_o lord_n have_v ordain_v to_o be_v in_o that_o place_n among_o the_o child_n of_o light_n in_o this_o our_o day_n as_o moses_n be_v among_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o his_o day_n to_o set_v forth_o method_n and_o form_n of_o church-government_n and_o to_o establish_v monthly_o 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in_o that_o day_n if_o this_o be_v so_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o his_o margenal_a note_n on_o the_o same_o passage_n he_o have_v these_o word_n viz._n the_o reader_n may_v take_v notice_n that_o g._n f._n in_o his_o letter_n on_o the_o 14_o of_o the_o 11_o month_n 1676._o hint_n at_o something_o write_v by_o i_o to_o he_o thus_o and_o thou_o mean_v myself_o say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o spirit_n rise_v at_o this_o day_n that_o give_v many_o occasion_n to_o be_v jealous_a that_o thou_o meaning_n g._n f._n art_n look_v upon_o by_o some_o as_o that_o prophet_n which_o moses_n testify_v of_o that_o god_n will_v raise_v up_o etc._n etc._n and_o thou_o say_v christ_n be_v that_o prophet_n that_o be_v to_o be_v hear_v etc._n etc._n and_o he_o be_v the_o only_a lawgiver_n and_o no_o outward_a man_n observe_v we_o testify_v against_o w._n r_n jealousy_n and_o the_o jealousy_n of_o those_o he_o represent_v against_o g._n f._n as_o tend_v to_o persecution_n and_o that_o the_o jealousy_n of_o his_o be_v look_v upon_o by_o some_o as_o that_o prophet_n which_o moses_n testify_v of_o that_o god_n will_v raise_v up_o viz._n christ_n jesus_n be_v not_o only_o in_o itself_o a_o jealousy_n tend_v to_o cruelty_n and_o persecution_n but_o a_o jealousy_n that_o proceed_v from_o enmity_n and_o darkness_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o this_o jealousy_n be_v contradict_v by_o w._n r._n his_o own_o jealousy_n that_o have_v enter_v he_o viz._n of_o g._n f_n look_v upon_o himself_o that_o man_n in_o who_o the_o son_n of_o god_n have_v appear_v and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o confess_v that_o g._n f._n thus_o answer_v viz._n then_o be_v not_o this_o prophet_n meaning_n christ_n to_o be_v in_o man_n to_o give_v forth_o his_o law_n &_o c_o and_o what_o i_o be_o i_o be_o by_o the_o grace_n and_o love_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n four_o part_n pag._n 83_o 84._o marg._n note_n mark_v how_o w._n r._n have_v go_v about_o to_o accuse_v and_o bespatter_n g._n f._n and_o other_o with_o his_o own_o and_o other_o jealousy_n though_o inconsistent_a as_o well_o as_o he_o show_v himself_o impertinent_a and_o envious_a in_o his_o writing_n against_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n who_o confess_v christ_n to_o be_v in_o man_n and_o not_o themselves_o to_o be_v christ._n disaffect_v xiii_o w._n r._n one_a part_n pag._n 4._o and_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v endeavour_v by_o outward_a way_n and_o mean_n to_o establish_v a_o outward_a government_n and_o outward_a rule_n order_n law_n or_o prescription_n overdo_n the_o heritage_n of_o god_n under_o