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allegiance_n than_o many_o protestant_n and_o i_o dare_v say_v that_o all_o good_a christian_n grieve_v at_o this_o very_a day_n for_o and_o posterity_n will_v read_v with_o detestation_n horror_n and_o amazement_n to_o the_o world_n end_n the_o barbarous_a villainy_n inhuman_a cruelty_n and_o impious_a action_n of_o those_o protestant_n the_o good_a king_n intend_v yet_o if_o those_o prince_n have_v live_v in_o these_o time_n they_o must_v as_o all_o the_o world_n now_o do_v have_v cry_v out_o with_o horror_n and_o amazement_n at_o the_o horrible_a hellish_a plot_n and_o contrivance_n of_o the_o papist_n tantum_n religio_fw-la potuit_fw-la suadere_fw-la malorum_fw-la principle_n vii_o if_o oath_n be_v requisite_a in_o the_o conduct_n of_o affair_n let_v they_o be_v of_o such_o ambiguity_n as_o may_v furnish_v with_o a_o sense_n oblige_v to_o the_o design_n and_o yet_o so_o soft_a as_o the_o people_n may_v not_o perceive_v the_o snare_n to_o compose_v the_o waver_a mind_n of_o the_o multitude_n and_o to_o oblige_v they_o to_o the_o service_n of_o our_o polititian_n most_o impious_a end_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o bind_v as_o oath_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o size_n according_a to_o the_o necessity_n of_o affair_n as_o solemn_a league_n covenant_n etc._n etc._n and_o though_o the_o practice_n lead_v to_o the_o end_n propound_v be_v never_o so_o barbarous_a and_o bloody_a yet_o the_o strength_n of_o a_o solemn_a oath_n do_v so_o firm_o bind_v they_o to_o the_o seem_a justice_n of_o their_o undertake_a cause_n that_o no_o divinity_n or_o precept_n though_o never_o so_o just_a and_o holy_a shall_v ever_o interpose_v betwixt_o they_o and_o their_o propound_a end_n but_o what_o be_v urge_v against_o the_o cause_n shall_v be_v take_v to_o proceed_v from_o the_o wicked_a and_o be_v deem_v as_o malice_n and_o imposture_n finge_fw-la deum_fw-la belial_n quoties_fw-la vis_fw-la fallere_fw-la plebem_fw-la do_v ever_o man_n read_v of_o more_o bloody_a massacre_n couple_n a_o pretty_a couple_n than_o under_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o papist_n covenant_v