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the_o devil_n who_o be_v call_v the_o envious_a man_n and_o the_o accuser_n of_o the_o brethren_n hear_v this_o john_n white_a general_o charge_v the_o clergy_n of_o england_n to_o be_v dumb_a dog_n man_n swallow_v up_o with_o wine_n and_o strong_a drink_n who_o table_n be_v full_a of_o vomit_n whoremonger_n adulterer_n bugger_n that_o change_v the_o natural_a use_n into_o that_o which_o be_v against_o nature_n priest_n of_o ball_n bacchus_n priapus_n etc._n etc._n 7._o horrid_a crime_n or_o horrid_a slander_n do_v ever_o any_o popish_a jesuit_n so_o revile_v the_o clergy_n of_o england_n i_o need_v not_o pray_v the_o lord_n rebuke_v he_o for_o god_n have_v long_o since_o cut_v he_o off_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o rage_n against_o the_o church_n such_o ungodly_a practice_n rave_v rnd_v condemn_v himself_o at_o his_o die_a hour_n for_o his_o undo_n so_o many_o guiltless_a minister_n and_o let_v any_o man_n judge_n if_o that_o first_o and_o only_a example_n of_o buggery_n prove_v not_o john_n white_a and_o his_o abettor_n the_o true_a son_n of_o the_o father_n of_o lie_n who_o be_v a_o liar_n from_o the_o beginning_n for_o either_o the_o party_n be_v find_v not_o guilty_a why_o then_o sequester_v or_o guilty_a why_o then_o not_o punish_v by_o death_n according_a to_o law_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o the_o fanatic_n will_v conceal_v the_o shame_n of_o any_o clergyman_n when_o they_o so_o rake_v each_o dunghill_n and_o corner_n to_o discover_v it_o but_o that_o such_o a_o instance_n if_o prove_v shall_v have_v be_v triumphant_o stretch_v to_o further_a their_o glorious_a reformation_n and_o whether_o the_o party_n so_o accuse_v be_v not_o some_o year_n before_o this_o parliament_n clear_v by_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o peace_n for_o sussex_n who_o sift_v out_o that_o fanatic_a plot_n against_o he_o as_o one_o of_o those_o justice_n tell_v i_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o then_o justice_n of_o that_o county_n but_o for_o a_o general_a 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