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do_v i_o persecute_v or_o deal_v unrighteous_o with_o any_o as_o many_o great_a pretender_n have_v do_v with_o i_o and_o still_o do_v at_o this_o day_n but_o god_n have_v deliver_v and_o do_v deliver_v and_o will_v deliver_v i_o from_o every_o snare_n and_o gin_n of_o unreasonable_a wicked_a man_n and_o he_o it_o be_v that_o keep_v i_o from_o make_v shipwrak_fw-mi of_o tenderness_n faith_n and_o conscience_n repl._n further_n thou_o tell_v i_o what_o be_v do_v in_o tâ—e_v wilderness_n there_o be_v the_o way_n of_o holiness_n know_v and_o walk_v in_o which_o the_o unclean_a walk_v not_o in_o but_o the_o redeem_v in_o which_o be_v no_o err_v isa_n 35_o 8._o which_o way_n be_v a_o way_n of_o holiness_n which_o i_o be_o not_o in_o etc._n etc._n answ_n here_o be_v a_o good_a wilderness_n indeed_o but_o thou_o have_v lose_v thy_o way_n thither_o and_o be_v find_v err_v and_o wander_v in_o a_o wilderness_n where_o no_o water_n be_v and_o so_o be_v not_o find_v drink_v in_o holiness_n from_o the_o lord_n but_o feed_v upon_o the_o weed_n of_o thy_o own_o fleshly_a holiness_n exalt_v thyself_o not_o with_o the_o redeem_v in_o the_o lord_n but_o with_o the_o imprison_a in_o a_o strange_a land_n in_o thy_o own_o observation_n and_o thou_o poor_a worm_n who_o say_v i_o eat_v upon_o swine_n flesh_n i_o feed_v upon_o the_o perish_a i_o eat_v that_o which_o die_v of_o itself_o all_o these_o speech_n together_o with_o all_o thy_o paper_n savour_v too_o much_o of_o thy_o swine_n flesh_n and_o of_o thy_o feed_n upon_o thy_o swine_n flesh_n which_o be_v thy_o own_o will_n and_o self_n and_o form_n and_o therefore_o be_v thou_o find_v in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o world_n clamourous_a bitter_a cruel_a implacable_a against_o all_o that_o wander_v not_o with_o thou_o in_o thy_o wilderness_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n and_o now_o and_o then_o thou_o make_v use_v of_o a_o scripture_n to_o cover_v and_o hide_v thy_o swine_n flesh_n which_o thy_o spirit_n too_o much_o feed_v upon_o and_o so_o 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