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the_o woman_n meeting_n as_o hereafter_o all_o will_v be_v further_o manifest_v say_v thou_o but_o not_o one_o record_v that_o ever_o thou_o remember_v for_o any_o breach_n of_o god_n commandment_n pag._n 53._o for_o which_o acount_n thou_o refere_v any_o man_n to_o search_v the_o record_n of_o your_o quarterly_o meet_v book_n in_o hadenham_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o ely_n etc._n etc._n but_o upon_o my_o enquiry_n i_o find_v that_o friend_n do_v positive_o give_v a_o contrary_a account_n and_o do_v plain_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v no_o woman_n meeting_n then_o at_o that_o time_n in_o be_v in_o those_o part_n or_o within_o that_o monthly_a meeting_n in_o cambridgshire_n where_o the_o say_a person_n live_v who_o propose_v his_o intention_n of_o marriage_n but_o once_o before_o the_o man_n and_o if_o so_o thy_o account_n must_v be_v notorious_o false_a and_o thou_o may_v be_v horrid_o ashamed_a to_o divulge_v it_o as_o also_o of_o thy_o frequent_o say_v he_o be_v record_v out_o of_o 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false_a cover_n lay_v on_o w._n r._n in_o this_o matter_n 27._o he_o fly_v to_o his_o grammatical_a sense_n of_o his_o word_n and_o plead_v his_o intention_n etc._n etc._n as_o think_v himself_o safe_a in_o both_o 1_o sy_n we_o say_v his_o present_a proceed_n to_o print_n can_v in_o reason_n be_v confine_v to_o his_o postscript_n wherein_o the_o word_n be_v nor_o answer_v the_o some_z of_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n he_o tell_v of_o that_o have_v judge_v he_o wicked_a as_o for_o intend_v to_o print_v against_o friend_n post._n p._n 25._o who_o he_o undertake_v to_o answer_v in_o that_o case_n nor_o vindicate_v he_o as_o to_o his_o historical_a relation_n mention_v in_o the_o same_o page_n which_o include_v his_o book_n which_o therefore_o can_v be_v confine_v to_o nor_o include_v in_o his_o postscript_n 2_o dly_z the_o reason_n he_o give_v in_o his_o postscript_n to_o prove_v himself_o righteous_a in_o his_o proceed_n to_o print_n can_v relate_v only_o to_o that_o his_o 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2_o 4._o only_a hint_v at_o personal_a offence_n or_o difference_n touch_v worldly_a matter_n part_v 1._o p._n 47._o and_o confess_v on_o mat._n 18.15_o 16_o 17._o that_o every_o case_n wherein_o one_o brother_n may_v trespass_v against_o another_o may_v in_o right_n reason_n be_v comprehend_v in_o it_o part_v 3._o p._n 36._o our_o question_n on_o this_o contradiction_n be_v q._n whether_o every_o case_n be_v to_o be_v limit_v only_o to_o worldly_a matter_n and_o not_o extend_v to_o any_o case_n of_o a_o spiritual_a nature_n which_o imply_v our_o accept_n his_o assent_n to_o the_o latter_a viz._n every_o such_o case_n etc._n etc._n and_o not_o his_o limit_v it_o only_o to_o worldly_a matter_n again_o his_o place_v circumcision_n as_o exercise_v in_o a_o christian-liberty_n and_o call_v it_o that_o christian-liberty_n say_v this_o do_v not_o at_o that_o time_n condemn_v that_o christian_a liberty_n in_o such_o as_o make_v conscience_n of_o circumcision_n which_o be_v some_o believe_a 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