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protestant_n papist_n and_o heathen_n even_o the_o late_a great_a lord_n chancellor_n hide_v sit_v chairman_n of_o the_o committee_n of_o parliament_n that_o receive_v the_o petition_n against_o episcopacy_n root_n and_o branch_n and_o make_v such_o speech_n against_o the_o delinquent_n as_o i_o dare_v not_o justify_v but_o he_o forsake_v they_o when_o they_o quite_o over-went_a he_o if_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v a_o war_n with_o the_o french_a and_o i_o know_v that_o his_o cause_n be_v bad_a i_o will_v not_o defend_v his_o bad_a cause_n but_o i_o will_v in_o his_o army_n defend_v the_o kingdom_n against_o those_o that_o will_v captivate_v it_o by_o conquest_n for_o the_o kingdom_n do_v not_o forfeit_v its_o safety_n by_o the_o king_n misdo_n and_o if_o any_o say_v than_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v defend_v in_o all_o his_o injury_n how_o bad_a soever_o i_o will_v answer_v that_o be_v by_o accident_n it_o be_v the_o kingdom_n that_o i_o defend_v and_o he_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o defend_v the_o kingdom_n and_o not_o to_o justify_v his_o sin_n i_o leave_v that_o to_o god_n what_o a_o case_n be_v a_o kingdom_n in_o if_o it_o must_v fight_v against_o itself_o and_o its_o represent_v security_n as_o oft_o as_o its_o representative_n miscarry_v by_o any_o sinister_a mean_n and_o that_o all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o chief_a judicature_n shall_v fight_v to_o conquer_v they_o if_o the_o king_n do_v but_o bid_v they_o if_o the_o safety_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v once_o put_v into_o the_o trust_n of_o the_o king_n alone_o the_o constitution_n be_v change_v and_o all_o enslave_v §_o 35._o accus_n xxii_o he_o say_v that_o in_o 1640._o i_o enter_v into_o a_o war_n against_o the_o king_n ans_fw-fr whereas_o the_o war_n in_o england_n begin_v not_o till_o 1642._o and_o i_o never_o meddle_v in_o war_n but_o as_o aforemention_v long_o after_o §_o 36._o accus_n xxiii_o he_o say_v by_o the_o treatise_n of_o diocesane_n episcopacy_n meditate_a 1640._o i_o broach_v faction_n in_o the_o church_n my_o pen_n disdain_v to_o be_v less_o active_a than_o my_o sword_n ans_fw-fr 1._o i_o never_o strike_v with_o a_o sword_n in_o war_n or_o peace_n 2._o do_v meditate_v broach_v a_o book_n that_o be_v not_o publish_v nor_o write_v till_o thirty_o year_n after_o 3._o be_v it_o faction_n to_o give_v reason_n why_o i_o swear_v not_o to_o faction_n even_o that_o antiepiscopal_a sort_n of_o diocesanes_n that_o put_v down_o many_o hundred_o church_n and_o bishop_n to_o set_v up_o the_o name_n and_o image_n of_o one_o 4._o why_o be_v not_o that_o book_n answer_v to_o this_o day_n when_o so_o many_o nonconformist_n have_v challenge_v call_v and_o beg_v for_o a_o answer_n to_o it_o will_v a_o lie_a scorn_n satisfy_v any_o conscionable_a nonconformist_n 5._o that_o book_n ow_v so_o much_o of_o bishop_n and_o diocesanes_n and_o archbishop_n which_o sir_n edward_n dering_n condemn_v that_o these_o man_n now_o show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o such_o as_o i_o only_o 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