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and_o work_v still_o more_o towards_o a_o prescription_n the_o prospect_n of_o this_o make_v mr._n molineux_n thus_o passionate_o expostulate_v p._n 169._o if_o the_o religion_n say_v he_o live_v liberty_n fortune_n and_o estate_n of_o the_o clergy_n nobility_n and_o gentry_n of_o ireland_n may_v be_v dispose_v of_o without_o their_o privity_n and_o consent_n what_o benefit_n have_v they_o of_o any_o law_n liberty_n or_o privilege_n grant_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n i_o be_o loath_a to_o give_v their_o condition_n a_o hard_a name_n but_o i_o have_v no_o other_o notion_n of_o slavery_n but_o be_v bind_v by_o a_o law_n to_o which_o i_o do_v not_o consent_v may_v it_o not_o now_o be_v worth_a inquire_v how_o this_o single_a act_n this_o only_a of_o impose_v the_o new_a oath_n shall_v prove_v such_o a_o millstone_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o ireland_n as_o to_o carry_v with_o it_o all_o the_o right_n and_o freedom_n of_o that_o country_n into_o the_o bottom_n of_o 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the_o method_n they_o have_v take_v to_o assert_v their_o freedom_n contrary_a to_o their_o own_o law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o god_n will_v be_v magnify_v if_o we_o will_v not_o suffer_v it_o in_o his_o mercy_n and_o protection_n upon_o our_o obedience_n yet_o by_o his_o judgement_n for_o our_o rebellion_n against_o he_o dec._n 26._o 1698._o liberavi_fw-la animam_fw-la meam_fw-la finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag_n 1._o l._n 12._o and_o p._n 2._o l._n 2._o f._n avail_n r._n avoid_v l._n 29._o r._n it_o be_v p._n 4._o l_o 6._o f._n their_o r._n this_o l._n â—1_n f._n keep_v r._n reap_v