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they_o in_o such_o a_o barbarous_a manner_n as_o must_v unavoidable_o procure_v insurrection_n when_o they_o submit_v to_o he_o without_o the_o least_o opposition_n sure_o i_o be_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v more_o moderate_a to_o the_o jacobite_n when_o they_o will_v so_o much_o as_o admit_v of_o a_o oath_n of_o abjuration_n to_o be_v impose_v on_o those_o in_o place_n of_o power_n and_o trust._n pag._n 88_o he_o refer_v to_o sir_n geo._n mackenzie_n defence_n of_o charles_n the_o second_v government_n as_o unanswerable_a though_o the_o same_o have_v already_o be_v confute_v better_o than_o he_o can_v defend_v it_o but_o the_o modest_a doctor_n go_v on_o and_o say_v the_o objection_n against_o that_o government_n be_v only_o little_a cavil_n and_o exception_n no_o doubt_n sir_n k._n william_n and_o his_o present_a parliament_n of_o scotland_n be_v but_o little_o cavil_v fellow_n and_o the_o follow_a grievance_n complain_v of_o by_o the_o convention_n of_o state_n be_v but_o 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relation_n to_o point_n of_o treason_n or_o other_o man_n action_n imprison_v and_o prosecute_n the_o subject_n for_o petition_v the_o king_n and_o parliament_n to_o grant_v remedy_n by_o law_n now_o whether_o these_o be_v little_a cavil_n and_o exception_n whether_o charles_n the_o second_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o these_o male-administrations_a and_o if_o so_o whether_o he_o deserve_v to_o be_v call_v a_o wise_a and_o peaceable_a monarch_n let_v any_o body_n judge_n and_o that_o they_o may_v do_v it_o the_o more_o impartial_o i_o will_v wish_v they_o to_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v a_o woe_n denounce_v against_o they_o who_o call_v evil_a good_a and_o good_a evil._n and_o i_o will_v pray_v the_o doctor_n to_o tell_v i_o whether_o it_o be_v modesty_n in_o sir_n george_n or_o be_v modesty_n in_o himself_o to_o defend_v these_o thing_n which_o common_a sense_n must_v needs_o condemn_v the_o representative_n of_o the_o nation_n have_v adjudge_v as_o grievance_n and_o the_o continuance_n in_o they_o as_o chief_o conduce_v to_o k._n james_n forfeiture_n of_o the_o crown_n i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o at_o all_o wonder_n that_o sir_n g._n m._n shall_v defend_v a_o government_n which_o advance_v and_o employ_v he_o these_o barbarous_a law_n and_o inhuman_a prosecution_n bring_v griâ—t_v to_o his_o mill_n and_o fill_v his_o bag_n for_o it_o will_v eternal_o hold_v dulâ—is_n odâ—r_fw-fr lucri_fw-la ex_fw-la re_fw-la qualibet_fw-la even_o from_o piss_n itself_o and_o there_o be_v yet_o the_o less_o cause_n of_o surprisal_n when_o we_o consider_v that_o he_o be_v john_n white_n be_v anglicè_fw-la jack_n catch_n be_v journyman_n or_o as_o he_o call_v himself_o calumniator_n publicus_fw-la and_o the_o common_a libeler_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o so_o that_o of_o necessity_n he_o must_v represent_v they_o as_o monster_n else_o he_o must_v own_v himself_o a_o bloody_a butcher_n in_o prosecute_a they_o at_o such_o a_o rate_n as_o he_o do_v but_o further_a sir_n george_n argument_n be_v all_o build_v upon_o a_o false_a narrative_n of_o matter_n of_o fact_n nor_o can_v a_o true_a relation_n be_v expect_v from_o a_o man_n of_o his_o kidney_n who_o prostitute_v his_o conscience_n not_o only_o to_o different_a party_n in_o the_o church_n but_o contrary_a faction_n in_o the_o state_n let_v not_o the_o scribbler_n tax_v i_o as_o not_o generous_a for_o say_v so_o see_v it_o be_v true_a for_o it_o can_v be_v no_o more_o a_o crime_n in_o i_o to_o attaque_fw-la sir_n g._n after_o his_o death_n than_o for_o he_o to_o attaque_fw-la mr._n rutherford_n and_o other_o who_o be_v also_o in_o their_o grave_n his_o subornation_n against_o sir_n hugh_n and_o sir_n geo._n campbel_n be_v charge_v on_o he_o to_o his_o face_n in_o open_a court_n by_o the_o person_n who_o he_o have_v suborn_v and_o in_o like_a manner_n it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o he_o suborn_v other_o against_o halside_n and_o do_v actual_o prosecute_v blackwood_n for_o a_o pretend_a crime_n 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