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peace_n or_o agreement_n here_o and_o the_o intere_n of_o we_o in_o any_o hope_n of_o eternal_a rest_n and_o peace_n hereafter_o whether_o that_o small_a labour_n be_v seasonable_a or_o no_o or_o whether_o any_o service_n be_v do_v therein_o to_o the_o interest_n of_o truth_n be_v leave_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n unprejudiced_a not_o long_o after_o there_o be_v publish_v a_o epistle_n pretend_v a_o reply_n unto_o that_o discourse_n be_v indeed_o a_o mere_a flourish_n of_o empty_a word_n and_o a_o give_v up_o of_o the_o cause_n wherein_o the_o author_n of_o fiat_n lux_fw-la be_v engage_v as_o desperate_a and_o indefensible_a however_o i_o think_v it_o not_o meet_v to_o let_v it_o pass_v without_o some_o consideration_n partly_o that_o the_o design_n of_o that_o treatise_n with_o other_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n of_o late_o publish_v among_o we_o may_v be_v further_o manifest_v and_o partly_o that_o the_o end_n of_o moderation_n and_o peace_n be_v fix_v between_o we_o i_o 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