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to_o 114._o pag._n 114._o consider_v the_o falseness_n and_o absurdity_n of_o that_o rule_n of_o judge_v so_o severe_o of_o his_o brethren_n which_o he_o have_v borrow_v from_o our_o roman_a adversary_n for_o if_o this_o be_v a_o true_a and_o certain_a rule_n which_o soto_n have_v deliver_v that_o he_o must_v be_v suppose_v to_o err_v through_o malice_n who_o have_v be_v so_o far_o admonish_v that_o he_o can_v just_o pretend_v ignorance_n or_o who_o may_v easy_o be_v convince_v of_o his_o ignorance_n and_o we_o who_o be_v party_n be_v leave_v to_o judge_v of_o both_o these_o thing_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v to_o all_o the_o papist_n in_o this_o nation_n or_o all_o the_o learned_a papist_n in_o the_o world_n to_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n who_o retain_v presbytery_n and_o all_o their_o pastor_n who_o receive_v ordination_n only_o from_o their_o hand_n to_o all_o those_o calvinist_n who_o hold_v the_o prelapsarian_a doctrine_n and_o absolute_a decree_n of_o reprobation_n to_o all_o 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