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tare_n and_o thou_o say_v we_o shall_v be_v in_o one_o love_n and_o the_o lord_n rebuke_v he_o that_o seek_v occasion_n etc._n etc._n answ_n now_o let_v all_o tender_a sober_a christian_n judge_n whether_o r._n r._n be_v not_o come_v under_o this_o rebuke_n by_o his_o own_o judgement_n have_v not_o he_o seek_v occasion_n and_o make_v occasion_n in_o matter_n of_o strife_n which_o have_v be_v twenty_o year_n stand_v some_o more_o and_o some_o less_o and_o which_o be_v dead_a and_o bury_v and_o forgive_v by_o we_o long_o ago_o which_o dead_a thing_n thy_o spirit_n have_v raise_v up_o which_o every_o spirit_n raise_v its_o own_o but_o thy_o spirit_n have_v manifest_v not_o to_o bear_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o true_a love_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n jesus_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n that_o lust_n to_o envy_n height_n pride_n and_o arrogancy_n and_o turbulent_a and_o revengeful_a as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o pag._n 40._o and_o throughout_o his_o book_n of_o what_o thou_o say_v 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forth_o fruit_n of_o true_a christianity_n in_o humility_n harmlesness_n and_o meekness_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n he_o will_v not_o have_v make_v so_o much_o strife_n about_o outward_a tradition_n and_o there_o will_v not_o have_v be_v such_o a_o noise_n as_o he_o have_v make_v in_o his_o book_n about_o his_o brass_n and_o tinklin_n simball_n and_o if_o thou_o will_v cease_v thy_o envy_n and_o dispute_v backbiting_a and_o surmise_v and_o slander_v with_o thy_o tongue_n if_o thou_o and_o other_o will_v learn_v thy_o lesson_n at_o home_n it_o will_v do_v well_o and_o r._n r._n thou_o say_v with_o innocent_a harmless_a tender_a love_v spirit_n of_o crace_n i_o commend_v thou_o and_o all_o man_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o do_v not_o thou_o say_v before_o in_o pag._n 33._o that_o g._n f._n be_v turn_v to_o the_o witch_n of_o his_o man_v and_o in_o pag._n 37._o say_v that_o he_o have_v exercise_v cruelty_n against_o i_o p._n and_o hunt_v he_o as_o saul_n do_v david_n by_o paper_n 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