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freeman_n of_o london_n 5._o so_o she_o urge_v i_o to_o be_v make_v free_a as_o soon_o as_o i_o can_v also_o she_o urge_v i_o to_o be_v make_v sure_a to_o her_o daughter_n before_o the_o father-in-law_n and_o herself_o 6._o so_o the_o maid_n and_o i_o be_v make_v sure_a by_o promise_n before_o her_o mother_n and_o father-in_a law_n and_o before_o i_o be_v make_v free_a and_o i_o be_v resolve_v to_o have_v the_o maid_n to_o wife_n and_o to_o keep_v a_o broker_n shop_n and_o lend_v money_n upon_o pawn_n and_o grow_v rich_a as_o other_o do_v 7._o and_o the_o maid_n mother_n have_v five_o hundred_o pound_n more_o than_o what_o she_o promise_v i_o which_o her_o husband_n know_v not_o of_o for_o he_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o a_o distract_v harebrained_a man_n his_o name_n be_v richardson_n there_o be_v many_o alive_a at_o this_o day_n that_o know_v they_o but_o for_o the_o daughter_n i_o shall_v have_v have_v to_o wife_n she_o be_v alive_a at_o this_o day_n and_o be_v worth_a seven_o hundred_o 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because_o i_o have_v a_o great_a desire_n to_o be_v rich_a and_o consider_v i_o be_v engage_v to_o this_o maid_n and_o that_o her_o mother_n will_v not_o let_v i_o have_v she_o to_o wife_n except_o i_o will_v keep_v a_o broker_n shop_n and_o lend_v money_n so_o that_o i_o be_v in_o great_a strait_n and_o much_o perplex_v in_o mind_n 12._o for_o i_o love_v the_o maid_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v rich_a but_o these_o puritan_n people_n be_v well_o verse_v in_o the_o scripture_n word_n and_o zealous_a for_o righteousness_n threaten_v great_a judgement_n and_o danger_n of_o damnation_n hereafter_o 13._o they_o overpower_v my_o natural_a knowledge_n and_o civil_a practice_n in_o i_o and_o make_v i_o afraid_a of_o eternal_a damnation_n and_o they_o press_v the_o scripture_n so_o hard_o upon_o i_o which_o exceed_o perplex_a my_o mind_n reason_v in_o myself_o that_o if_o i_o do_v lend_v money_n upon_o usury_n and_o extortion_n i_o shall_v be_v damn_v and_o if_o i_o will_v not_o than_o i_o 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my_o integrity_n of_o heart_n that_o be_v i_o will_v do_v nothing_o that_o shall_v condemn_v my_o conscience_n but_o will_v do_v what_o i_o can_v to_o justify_v my_o conscience_n 10._o though_o i_o look_v for_o no_o reward_n hereafter_o yet_o i_o will_v do_v well_o that_o sin_n may_v not_o lie_v at_o the_o door_n of_o my_o conscience_n 11._o and_o these_o thing_n work_v in_o my_o mind_n keep_v i_o from_o actual_a sin_n and_o from_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o flesh_n 12._o yet_o all_o this_o while_n be_v i_o as_o one_o without_o god_n in_o this_o world_n as_o to_o my_o knowledge_n of_o he_o i_o have_v none_o that_o be_v true_a 13._o but_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o truth_n have_v respect_n unto_o my_o person_n and_o to_o the_o upriteness_n of_o my_o heart_n but_o i_o know_v it_o not_o all_o that_o time_n as_o will_n more_o plain_o appear_v in_o the_o follow_a discourse_n chap._n x._o the_o prophet_n here_o show_v of_o a_o melancholy_n that_o come_v upon_o he_o and_o afterward_o of_o 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that_o the_o two_o former_a record_n be_v act_v by_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o high_a priest_n which_o be_v man_n and_o the_o record_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v act_v upon_o this_o earth_n by_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o saint_n which_o be_v men._n 26._o but_o you_o can_v conceive_v the_o record_n of_o the_o spirit_n upon_o earth_n be_v to_o be_v act_v by_o man_n as_o the_o other_o two_o be_v but_o you_o conceive_v that_o god_n do_v act_v this_o record_n upon_o earth_n himself_o only_o by_o inspire_v his_o spirit_n into_o every_o man_n heart_n secret_o give_v the_o knowledge_n of_o himself_o 27._o two_o answer_v and_o say_v indeed_o this_o be_v their_o beleif_n 28._o but_o say_v i_o the_o record_n of_o the_o spirit_n upon_o earth_n must_v be_v act_v by_o man_n as_o the_o other_o two_o be_v else_o they_o word_n be_v not_o true_a that_o there_o be_v three_o that_o bare_a record_n on_o earth_n 29._o for_o if_o god_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n do_v act_v the_o record_n of_o the_o spirit_n himself_o and_o man_n act_v the_o other_o two_o then_o there_o be_v but_o two_o record_n on_o earth_n and_o four_o record_n in_o heaven_n 30._o when_o they_o hear_v this_o they_o rejoice_v and_o say_v to_o the_o man_n that_o dispute_v with_o i_o mr._n benet_n we_o think_v you_o have_v meet_v with_o one_o that_o be_v two_o hard_a for_o you_o now_o chap._n xii_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o three_o record_n on_o earth_n the_o record_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o who_o it_o be_v act_v by_o than_o say_v i_o the_o record_n of_o the_o spirit_n upon_o earth_n must_v be_v act_v by_o man_n as_o the_o other_o two_o be_v now_o say_v i_o there_o must_v be_v witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n upon_o earth_n as_o there_o be_v witness_n of_o water_n and_o blood_n 2._o and_o some_o man_n must_v be_v the_o chief_a teacher_n or_o commissioner_n as_o he_o do_v moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n these_o be_v choose_v of_o god_n and_o happy_a be_v it_o 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witchcraft_n which_o we_o have_v give_v they_o to_o drink_v 21._o but_o the_o answer_n in_o the_o conscience_n will_v say_v inasmuch_o as_o you_o fhrsake_v i_o the_o live_a god_n and_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o say_v in_o your_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o god_n than_o you_o give_v yourselves_o up_o to_o natural_a witchcraft_n dive_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o planit_n and_o star_n and_o into_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o herb_n of_o the_o field_n so_o that_o you_o become_v absolute_a witch_n yourselves_o and_o you_o have_v cause_v thousand_o of_o man_n and_o woman_n to_o be_v bewitch_v by_o you_o both_o in_o their_o body_n soul_n and_o estate_n 22._o therefore_o depart_v from_o i_o you_o atheistical_a worker_n of_o iniquity_n into_o utter_a darkness_n where_o be_v weep_v and_o knash_n of_o tooth_n for_o evermore_o 23._o and_o as_o for_o the_o lawyer_n they_o keep_v the_o key_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n and_o will_v neither_o enter_v into_o truth_n and_o 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in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o law_n and_o that_o the_o poor_a can_v do_v 26._o so_o that_o if_o the_o birthright_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v ever_o so_o great_a or_o just_a it_o must_v be_v lose_v for_o want_v of_o money_n to_o fee_n lawyer_n beside_o where_o monies_n be_v to_o be_v have_v let_v a_o man_n cause_n be_v never_o so_o unjust_a yet_o lawyer_n will_v undertake_v it_o though_o they_o know_v certain_o that_o their_o cliant_a will_v be_v overthrow_v before_o they_o take_v it_o in_o hand_n this_o be_v wickedness_n in_o a_o high_a degree_n so_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n write_v in_o man_n heart_n to_o do_v as_o he_o will_v be_v do_v unto_o 27._o but_o the_o government_n of_o this_o world_n have_v bring_v a_o necessity_n of_o the_o use_n of_o lawyer_n but_o it_o be_v not_o expedient_a that_o any_o saint_n shall_v take_v that_o practice_n upon_o they_o there_o be_v enough_o of_o they_o in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v the_o devil_n kingdom_n 28._o but_o when_o the_o book_n of_o 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