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of_o the_o serpent_n god_n say_v unto_o she_o gen._n 3._o thy_o appetite_n shall_v pertain_v unto_o thy_o husband_n and_o he_o shall_v rule_v thou_o or_o reign_v over_o thou_o god_n which_o create_v the_o woman_n know_v what_o be_v in_o that_o weak_a vessel_n 108._o w._n tindall_n work_n p._n 108._o as_o peter_n call_v she_o and_o have_v therefore_o put_v she_o under_o the_o obedience_n of_o her_o husband_n 1_o pet._n 3._o husband_n wife_n to_o be_v in_o subjection_n to_o their_o husband_n he_o exhort_v wife_n to_o be_v in_o subjection_n unto_o their_o husband_n after_o the_o example_n of_o holy_a woman_n in_o old_a time_n which_o trust_v in_o god_n and_o as_o sarah_n obey_v abraham_n and_o call_v he_o lord_n which_o sarah_n before_o she_o marry_v be_v abraham_n sister_n and_o equal_a with_o he_o but_o as_o soon_o as_o she_o be_v marry_v be_v in_o subjection_n and_o become_v without_o comparison_n inferior_a for_o so_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o wedlock_n by_o the_o ordinance_n of_o 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and_o quaker_n practice_n agree_v in_o one_o who_o have_v lay_v by_o read_v the_o scripture_n in_o their_o church_n as_o the_o quaker_n have_v do_v pretend_v to_o be_v infallible_a in_o their_o counsel_n as_o the_o quaker_n do_v pray_v hear_v the_o martyr_n what_o he_o say_v far_a viz._n on_o the_o other_o side_n i_o have_v say_v william_n tindall_n 180._o tindall_n pag._n 180._o also_o utter_v the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o spirituality_n the_o falseness_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o juggle_a of_o the_o pope_n and_o how_o they_o have_v disguise_v themselves_o borrow_v some_o of_o their_o pomp_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o some_o of_o the_o gentile_n and_o have_v with_o subtle_a wiles_n turn_v the_o obedience_n that_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o god_n ordinance_n marriage_n unto_o themselves_o husband_n themselves_o so_o do_v the_o quaker_n who_o
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they_o err_v in_o the_o object_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o 2_o how_o they_o applaud_v their_o hearer_n and_o 3_o what_o large_a commission_n they_o give_v to_o kill_v cut_v destroy_v lay_v waste_v all_o the_o heathen_a philistine_n the_o amalakite_n etc._n etc._n affirm_v that_o none_o know_v god_n but_o themselves_o so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n they_o give_v it_o such_o a_o obscure_a darklanthorn_n title_n as_o this_o be_v only_o to_o go_v among_o friend_n etc._n etc._n for_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o abide_v the_o light_n no_o more_o than_o many_o other_o of_o their_o epistle_n and_o pamphlet_n be_v well_o to_o the_o matter_n this_o be_v only_a to_o go_v among_o friend_n p._n 19_o and_o thou_o oh_o north_n of_o england_n who_o be_v count_v as_o desolate_a and_o barren_a and_o reckon_v the_o least_o of_o the_o nation_n yet_o out_o of_o thou_o do_v the_o branch_n spring_n and_o star_n arise_v which_o give_v light_n to_o all_o the_o region_n round_o about_o in_o 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