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A60057
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A Short answer to His Grace the D. of Buckingham's paper concerning religion, toleration, and liberty of conscience
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1685
(1685)
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Wing S3561; ESTC R10573
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it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v he_o shall_v draw_v both_o bill_n and_o answer_n and_o act_n for_o the_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n successive_o one_o after_o another_o how_o pernicious_a a_o animal_n this_o mountain_n and_o wild_a conscience_n have_v be_v to_o england_n be_v too_o well_o know_v and_o how_o fatal_a toleration_n will_v be_v i_o hope_v in_o a_o few_o word_n to_o make_v evident_a in_o the_o ensue_a paper_n and_o the_o nation_n be_v in_o a_o fair_a way_n of_o composure_n the_o stir_v of_o this_o extravagant_a ferment_n which_o have_v run_v we_o into_o so_o many_o fever_n of_o state_n seem_v very_o unseasonable_a at_o this_o time_n and_o require_v something_o to_o precipitate_v the_o lees_n of_o sedition_n and_o keep_v they_o from_o rise_v again_o and_o turn_v the_o wine_n of_o our_o hope_n into_o the_o vinegar_n of_o despair_n my_o opinion_n in_o these_o point_n have_v ever_o be_v diametrical_o opposite_a to_o those_o of_o his_o grace_n paper_n and_o have_v be_v 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