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against_o other_o than_o it_o be_v infallible_a indefeasible_a etc._n etc._n he_o have_v represent_v the_o quaker_n and_o twist_v or_o untwisted_n their_o light_n in_o such_o a_o fashion_n it_o look_v like_o play_v of_o booty_n that_o as_o he_o say_v of_o the_o papist_n many_o unacquainted_a with_o their_o practice_n 1670._o a_o seasonable_a caveat_n against_o popery_n p._n 3._o an._n 1670._o be_v ready_a to_o believe_v they_o what_o they_o say_v themselves_o to_o be_v who_o moral_a be_v to_o have_v two_o string_n to_o their_o bow_n to_o be_v ambodexters_a and_o furnish_v with_o meaning_n to_o suit_n the_o compass_n of_o all_o occasion_n we_o know_v they_o have_v so_o far_o master_v their_o ancient_a fierceness_n and_o mask_v their_o sanguine_a look_n with_o those_o more_o modest_a and_o familiar_a that_o though_o we_o need_v not_o more_o reason_n than_o before_o we_o need_v more_o skill_n and_o caution_n or_o else_o we_o may_v fatal_o experience_v the_o force_n of_o that_o vulgar_a 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truth_n and_o not_o from_o truth_n god_n have_v be_v please_v further_a to_o enlighten_v i_o for_o which_o i_o desire_v to_o praise_n he_o and_o i_o have_v show_v my_o adversary_n both_o william_n penn_n and_o george_n whitehead_n to_o be_v much_o more_o guilty_a of_o contradiction_n than_o any_o thing_n that_o any_o have_v lay_v to_o my_o charge_n as_o in_o my_o first_o narrative_a of_o the_o proceed_n at_o turners-hall_n and_o in_o other_o late_a book_n and_o wherein_o they_o charge_v i_o to_o contradict_v some_o passage_n in_o my_o former_a book_n as_o in_o relation_n to_o baptism_n and_o the_o supper_n and_o the_o have_v a_o better_a understanding_n of_o some_o place_n of_o scripture_n than_o former_o i_o have_v this_o be_v proper_o no_o contradiction_n but_o a_o retractation_n but_o my_o adversary_n be_v just_o chargeable_a with_o many_o contradiction_n that_o without_o any_o retractation_n hold_v contradictory_n proposition_n at_o once_o to_o be_v both_o true_a this_o be_v 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