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i_o have_v demonstrate_v in_o my_o latin_a paper_n against_o jansenius_n and_o calvin_n who_o follower_n i_o hope_v will_v for_o the_o future_a be_v the_o more_o incline_v to_o relinquish_v those_o wretched_a opinion_n see_v they_o in_o the_o company_n of_o so_o many_o hellish_a conceit_n of_o that_o most_o horrid_a monster_n the_o father_n of_o the_o leviathan_n by_o his_o say_n that_o man_n can_v have_v no_o passion_n nor_o appetite_n to_o any_o thing_n of_o which_o appetite_n god_n will_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n chap._n 21._o he_o plain_o give_v the_o great_a encouragement_n to_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n to_o entertain_v a_o favourable_a conceit_n of_o the_o gross_a enormity_n of_o their_o wicked_a life_n chap._n 34._o he_o talk_v perfect_o like_o one_o in_o bethlehem_n apparition_n quoth_v he_o though_o no_o real_a substance_n but_o accident_n of_o the_o brain_n yet_o when_o god_n raise_v they_o supernatural_o to_o signify_v his_o will_n they_o be_v not_o unproper_o term_v god_n messenger_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o angel_n what_o do_v he_o think_v of_o the_o angel_n we_o read_v of_o 2_o kin._n 19_o 35._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o night_n that_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v out_o and_o smite_v in_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o assyrian_n a_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o five_o thousand_o and_o when_o they_o arise_v early_o in_o the_o morning_n behold_v they_o be_v all_o dead_a corpse_n this_o be_v a_o pretty_a stout_a accident_n of_o the_o brain_n that_o can_v slay_v in_o one_o night_n 185000_o men._n no_o doubt_n there_o be_v a_o angel_n a_o evil_a one_o in_o the_o brain_n of_o t._n h._n without_o such_o a_o assistant_n he_o can_v hardly_o have_v hammer_v out_o so_o many_o diabolical_a imagination_n near_o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o chapter_n he_o have_v a_o lucid_a interval_n but_o say_v he_o the_o many_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o our_o saviour_n own_o word_n and_o in_o such_o text_n wherein_o be_v no_o suspicion_n of_o corruption_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v extort_a from_o my_o feeble_a reason_n a_o acknowledgement_n and_o belief_n that_o there_o be_v also_o angel_n substantial_a and_o permanent_a i_o pray_v reader_n observe_v these_o word_n have_v extort_a from_o my_o feeble_a reason_n see_v how_o he_o discover_v his_o cross_a humour_n and_o averseness_n from_o a_o due_a compliance_n with_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n he_o reproach_n his_o reason_n for_o fall_v under_o the_o power_n of_o a_o great_a truth_n which_o he_o have_v such_o a_o mind_n to_o oppose_v by_o these_o word_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n where_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v mean_v god_n himself_o he_o provide_v a_o sophistical_a evasion_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o disciple_n in_o case_n he_o or_o they_o shall_v be_v charge_v with_o the_o macedonian_a heresy_n that_o young_a student_n may_v not_o be_v impose_v on_o by_o person_n more_o likely_a to_o deceive_v they_o then_o t._n h._n by_o their_o perverse_a interpretation_n of_o text_n of_o scripture_n wherein_o there_o be_v express_a mention_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n i_o shall_v most_o earnest_o beseech_v they_o to_o peruse_v these_o book_n of_o the_o admirable_a saint_n basil_n viz._n adversus_fw-la eunomium_fw-la &_o lib._n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la and_o i_o desire_v that_o in_o all_o their_o discourse_n concern_v the_o nature_n and_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o will_v be_v ever_o mindful_a of_o those_o word_n with_o which_o he_o conclude_v his_o three_o book_n against_o eunomius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n as_o for_o that_o wicked_a stuff_n which_o he_o deliver_v chap._n 42._o in_o a_o pretend_a defence_n of_o his_o curse_a assertion_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o deny_v our_o saviour_n before_o man_n if_o we_o be_v command_v by_o our_o lawful_a prince_n it_o have_v such_o a_o smell_n of_o brimstone_n that_o i_o abhor_v to_o recite_v it_o or_o say_v a_o word_n to_o any_o one_o that_o undertake_v to_o vindicate_v he_o herein_o but_o the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o his_o calumniate_a of_o the_o holy_a martyr_n make_v their_o wound_n as_o it_o be_v to_o bleed_v afresh_o and_o this_o will_v make_v his_o memory_n to_o look_v horrid_a and_o ghastly_a to_o posterity_n to_o his_o wicked_a paradox_n concern_v the_o word_n church_n and_o power_n ecclesiastical_a i_o shall_v oppose_v these_o word_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o pious_a mr._n herbert_n thorndike_n in_o his_o review_n of_o his_o discourse_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o church_n in_o a_o christian_a state_n p._n 40._o see_v that_o the_o church_n be_v a_o society_n community_n corporation_n or_o spiritual_a commonwealth_n subsist_v by_o the_o immediate_a revelation_n and_o appointment_n of_o god_n without_o dependence_n upon_o those_o christian_a state_n wherein_o it_o be_v harbour_v as_o to_o the_o right_n by_o which_o it_o subsist_v and_o the_o matter_n wherein_o it_o communicate_v it_o follow_v of_o necessity_n that_o it_o be_v endow_v with_o right_n correspondent_a to_o those_o wherein_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o state_n consist_v the_o power_n of_o the_o sword_n be_v the_o principal_a of_o right_n into_o which_o the_o rest_n be_v resolve_v when_o they_o be_v enforce_v to_o have_v recourse_n unto_o it_o for_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o which_o become_v requisite_a to_o make_v they_o available_a and_o the_o church_n have_v the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v use_v two_o manner_n of_o way_n as_o the_o sword_n be_v either_o to_o subdue_v stranger_n or_o to_o cut_v off_o malefactor_n chap._n 34._o t._n h._n have_v these_o mad_a expression_n substance_n and_o body_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o therefore_o substance_n incorporeal_a be_v word_n which_o when_o they_o be_v join_v together_o destroy_v one_o another_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v a_o incorporeal_a body_n but_o chap._n 25._o he_o have_v a_o lucid_a interval_n to_o worship_n god_n say_v he_o as_o inanimate_v or_o inhabit_v such_o a_o image_n or_o place_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o infinite_a substance_n in_o a_o finite_a place_n be_v idolatry_n here_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n be_v a_o substance_n infinite_a and_o consequent_o incorporeal_a this_o acknowledgement_n the_o force_n of_o so_o great_a a_o truth_n to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n extort_a from_o his_o feeble_a reason_n haec_fw-la est_fw-la summa_fw-la delicti_fw-la nolentium_fw-la recognoscere_fw-la quem_fw-la ignorare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la tert._n apol._n chap._n 46._o he_o put_v hell_n and_o purgatory_n together_o as_o if_o the_o existence_n of_o one_o be_v no_o more_o credible_a than_o of_o the_o other_o what_o be_v all_o the_o legend_n say_v he_o of_o fictitious_a miracle_n in_o the_o live_v of_o the_o saint_n and_o all_o the_o history_n of_o apparition_n and_o ghost_n allege_v by_o the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o make_v good_a their_o doctrine_n of_o hell_n and_o purgatory_n the_o power_n of_o exorcism_n and_o other_o doctrine_n which_o have_v no_o warrant_n neither_o in_o reason_n nor_o scripture_n in_o the_o 44th_o chapter_n he_o have_v provide_v a_o comfortable_a state_n for_o the_o reprobate_n after_o the_o resurrection_n instead_o of_o that_o state_n of_o ineffable_a torment_n which_o all_o true_a christian_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v signify_v by_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n the_o reprobate_n say_v he_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o estate_n that_o adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v in_o after_o the_o sin_n commit_v the_o wicked_a say_v he_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n be_v leave_v in_o the_o estate_n they_o be_v in_o after_o adam_n sin_n may_v at_o the_o resurrection_n live_v as_o they_o do_v marry_o and_o give_v in_o marriage_n and_o have_v gross_a and_o corruptible_a body_n as_o all_o mankind_n now_o have_v and_o consequent_o may_v engender_v perpetual_o after_o the_o resurrection_n as_o they_o do_v before_o be_v not_o these_o pleasant_a conceit_n for_o that_o sort_n of_o man_n who_o will_v fain_o have_v the_o fear_v of_o hell_n remove_v out_o of_o the_o way_n whilst_o they_o turn_v every_o one_o to_o his_o course_n as_o the_o horse_n rush_v into_o the_o battle_n but_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n and_o hell_n they_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o shake_v off_o let_v they_o do_v what_o they_o can_v haeret_fw-la lateri_fw-la lethalis_fw-la arundo_fw-la and_o now_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o ingenuous_a reader_n will_v concur_v with_o i_o in_o the_o indignation_n i_o conceive_v against_o the_o most_o intolerable_a impudence_n of_o a_o late_a writer_n who_o pretend_v to_o set_v forth_o a_o history_n of_o the_o life_n of_o t._n h._n he_o tell_v we_o we_o be_v all_o mistake_v the_o black-moor_n be_v exceed_o white_a controversias_fw-la quidem_fw-la the_o logicas_fw-la say_v he_o p._n 167._o maximè_fw-la aversatus_fw-la est_fw-la quicquid_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la
est_fw-la ut_fw-la auctoritati_fw-la in_o universum_fw-la semper_fw-la refragetur_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la degeneres_fw-la animos_fw-la arguit_fw-la homines_fw-la generosos_fw-la dignitate_fw-la aliqua_fw-la saeculari_fw-la praeditos_fw-la vel_fw-la quoslibet_fw-la ingenio_fw-la secundum_fw-la svam_fw-la opinionem_fw-la praestantes_fw-la atque_fw-la artium_fw-la politicarum_fw-la studioso_n licet_fw-la è_fw-la faece_fw-la plebis_fw-la oriundos_fw-la degeneres_fw-la animos_fw-la arguit_fw-la istiusmodi_fw-la viros_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la seu_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habere_fw-la at_o at_z veniet_fw-la profectò_fw-la tempus_fw-la citò_fw-la veniet_fw-la quo_fw-la omnibus_fw-la adami_n filiis_fw-la clarissime_fw-la innotescet_fw-la haec_fw-la veritas_fw-la quicquid_fw-la agunt_fw-la homines_fw-la quicquid_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratione_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o tota_n rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la aestimandum_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la spectat_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la qui_fw-la gubernant_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o auctoritate_fw-la exercenda_fw-la humilitatem_fw-la vere_n christianam_fw-la maximè_fw-la conspicuam_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la ad_fw-la reprimendam_fw-la huius_fw-la saeculi_fw-la superbiam_fw-la certè_fw-la auctoritatis_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la derivatae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la poterint_fw-la plenam_fw-la exerere_fw-la efficaciam_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la seipsos_fw-la ostenderint_fw-la magistri_fw-la opt._n max._n sequaces_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la vult_fw-la post_fw-la i_o venire_fw-la abdicet_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la &_o attollat_fw-la crucem_fw-la svam_fw-la quotidie_fw-la &_o sequatur_fw-la me._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d._n blondellus_n in_o apologiâ_fw-la pro_fw-la sententià _fw-la hieronymi_n de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o presbyteris_fw-la p._n 3._o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la habet_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la primum_fw-la inter_fw-la corinthios_n auditum_fw-la fuit_fw-la go_v sum_n pauli_n etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la paulatim_fw-la invaluit_fw-la quod_fw-la adversus_fw-la eos_fw-la diligentius_fw-la notandum_fw-la venit_fw-la quos_fw-la hieronymianae_fw-la phraseâ—s_fw-la nudo_fw-la cortici_fw-la eo_fw-la sine_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la mordicus_fw-la juvat_fw-la quo_fw-la liberius_fw-la à _fw-la clarissimi_fw-la scriptoris_fw-la ment_fw-la aberrare_fw-la sinantur_fw-la resp._n eundem_fw-la esse_fw-la sensum_fw-la quem_fw-la nos_fw-la asseremus_fw-la hieronymianae_fw-la phraseâ—s_fw-la extra_fw-la omnem_fw-la controversiam_fw-la ponitur_fw-la per_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la hieronymi_n verba_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la phrasis_n ista_fw-la occurrit_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la traditiones_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la sumptas_fw-la de_fw-la vetere_n testamento_fw-la quod_fw-la aaron_n &_o filii_fw-la ejus_fw-la atque_fw-la levitae_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la vendicent_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la p._n 4._o quoscunque_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n episcopos_fw-la pascere_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la attendere_fw-la gregi_fw-la etc._n etc._n two_o very_fw-la nominis_fw-la ac_fw-la dicti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopi_fw-la consendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la praestare_fw-la suum_fw-la putent_fw-la quos_fw-la nunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopos_fw-la vocamus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d episcopi_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la ordinandi_fw-la constitutus_fw-la quod_fw-la ne_fw-la quaquam_fw-la commune_fw-la est_fw-la illi_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la p._n 8._o nihil_fw-la hieronymi_n seculo_fw-la fecit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la excepta_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la faceret_fw-la presbyter_n manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la sanctum_fw-la hieronymum_n in_fw-la hisce_fw-la verbis_fw-la excepta_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la non_fw-la sua_fw-la tantum_fw-la tempora_fw-la respexisse_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolica_fw-la namque_fw-la asserit_fw-la secundum_fw-la traditiones_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la ut_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la verbis_fw-la supra_fw-la recitatis_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la episcopum_fw-la tam_fw-la certò_fw-la fuisse_fw-la presbytero_fw-la superiorem_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la aaronem_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o levitis_fw-la p._n 57_o licet_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la jure_fw-la non_fw-la omnis_fw-la presbyter_n episcopus_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la una_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la est_fw-la adeóque_fw-la idem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la ritum_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la munus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d destinatur_fw-la consecratus_fw-la intelligere_fw-la placeat_fw-la perinde_v est_fw-la siquidem_fw-la quorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la generatio_fw-la seu_fw-la actus_fw-la quo_fw-la forma_fw-la introducitur_fw-la eorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la forma_fw-la quae_fw-la that_fw-mi esse_fw-la rei_fw-la quorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la functio_fw-la eorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la est_fw-la potestas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la forma_fw-la manans_fw-la resp._n quanquam_fw-la isto_fw-la respectu_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o presbyteri_fw-la eadem_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ordinatione_fw-la episcopi_fw-la includatur_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la episcopali_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la collata_fw-la sit_fw-la potestas_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la faciendi_fw-la quae_fw-la presbyter_n faciat_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la respectu_fw-la diversa_fw-la est_fw-la 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they_o find_v she_o take_v no_o care_n of_o they_o and_o some_o will_v say_v it_o be_v not_o so_o unreasonable_a to_o worship_n the_o sun_n who_o be_v the_o world_n be_v great_a benefactor_n as_o that_o sun_n '_o be_v creator_n if_o he_o leave_v they_o without_o far_a regard_n to_o their_o happiness_n now_o i_o pray_v thou_o reader_n what_o be_v all_o this_o to_o thou_o or_o i_o be_v it_o nothing_o to_o i_o that_o my_o god_n be_v the_o infinity_o of_o true_a beauty_n that_o he_o be_v all_o that_o i_o can_v desire_v all_o that_o deserve_v my_o love_n the_o divine_a beauty_n imply_v the_o glory_n of_o infinite_a goodness_n wisdom_n and_o power_n and_o be_v all_o this_o nothing_o to_o i_o it_o imply_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n on_o impenitent_a sinner_n as_o they_o be_v impenitent_a and_o the_o glory_n of_o infinite_a mercy_n towards_o sinner_n that_o repent_v or_o such_o who_o though_o they_o do_v not_o true_o repent_v have_v not_o so_o harden_v their_o heart_n but_o that_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o repentance_n and_o be_v all_o this_o nothing_o to_o i_o be_v it_o nothing_o to_o i_o that_o the_o divine_a beauty_n be_v infinite_a be_v in_o all_o thing_n and_o event_n sin_n only_o except_v so_o that_o whilst_o i_o sincere_o believe_v in_o jesus_n all_o the_o object_n of_o my_o thought_n be_v matter_n of_o joy_n and_o satisfaction_n unto_o i_o the_o king_n of_o terror_n cease_v to_o be_v terrible_a and_o become_v a_o most_o useful_a subject_n to_o those_o that_o obey_v the_o royal_a law_n of_o liberty_n and_o so_o become_v king_n and_o more_o than_o conqueror_n over_o all_o their_o enemy_n this_o happiness_n they_o attain_v unto_o by_o a_o true_a sense_n or_o practical_a knowledge_n of_o the_o divine_a beauty_n the_o infinity_o of_o light_n and_o love_n and_o be_v all_o this_o nothing_o to_o i_o certain_o the_o divine_a beauty_n be_v all_o thing_n to_o i_o one_o glimpse_n of_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o quench_v all_o such_o burn_a desire_n which_o torment_v the_o soul_n of_o covetous_a ambitious_a and_o voluptuous_a men._n this_o beauty_n do_v i_o see_v in_o the_o image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n the_o brightness_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o father_n of_o light_n and_o the_o express_a image_n of_o his_o person_n your_o kind_a reflection_n upon_o the_o mahometan_n p._n 19_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o that_o most_o remarkable_a passage_n in_o a_o learned_a book_n entitle_v a_o discourse_n of_o natural_a and_o reveal_v religion_n chap._n 26._o before_o 〈◊〉_d take_v my_o leave_n of_o mahomet_n it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o advertise_v my_o reader_n if_o he_o be_v a_o christian_a of_o the_o danger_n both_o he_o and_o all_o other_o christian_a be_v in_o of_o be_v reduce_v under_o the_o slavery_n of_o this_o mortal_a and_o common_a enemy_n so_o that_o how_o prosperous_a soever_o the_o christian_a arm_n be_v or_o have_v be_v we_o be_v still_o in_o great_a danger_n than_o ever_o of_o be_v ruin_v by_o the_o legion_n of_o these_o infidel_n not_o those_o of_o their_o spahi_n or_o janizaries_n but_o by_o those_o of_o another_o order_n far_o more_o mischievous_a forasmuch_o as_o they_o fight_v under_o our_o colour_n and_o pretend_v to_o be_v of_o our_o party_n such_o enemy_n be_v ever_o look_v upon_o as_o the_o most_o dangerous_a for_o they_o be_v rare_o discover_v till_o they_o have_v give_v the_o mortal_a blow_n now_o these_o be_v the_o socinian_o which_o though_o explode_v the_o world_n above_o a_o thousand_o year_n ago_o under_o the_o appellation_n of_o arian_n be_v in_o these_o our_o day_n rise_v again_o from_o the_o grave_a and_o like_a spectrum_n appear_v every_o where_o in_o the_o dark_a p._n 29._o you_o say_v that_o st._n gregory_n nazianzen_n in_o his_o 35th_o oration_n make_v the_o unity_n no_o other_o than_o pacifical_a wherein_o he_o agree_v with_o his_o great_a friend_n st._n basil_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o letter_n send_v he_o express_o upon_o this_o subject_a by_o that_o 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