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fight_v which_o the_o quaker_n deny_v sixteenth_o the_o papist_n and_o i._o m._n and_o his_o brother_n agree_v in_o the_o bloody_a antichristian_a tenet_n of_o persecution_n in_o affirm_v that_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v lawful_o kill_v banish_v imprison_v and_o poynd_v man_n for_o their_o opinion_n in_o matter_n of_o worship_n and_o doctrine_n which_o doctrine_n the_o quaker_n deny_v seventeenth_o the_o papist_n and_o i._o m._n with_o his_o brother_n agree_v in_o affirm_v it_o lawful_a for_o man_n to_o knell_n bow_n and_o take_v off_o their_o hat_n one_o to_o another_o and_o in_o the_o use_n of_o vain_a title_n compliment_n and_o cringeing_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o thing_n the_o quaker_n deny_v eighteenth_o the_o papist_n and_o i._o m._n and_o his_o brother_n agree_v in_o assert_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o game_n sport_v play_v and_o all_o suchâ—_n other_o thing_n as_o danceing_n sing_n act_v of_o comedy_n use_v of_o lace_n ribbon_n plate_v the_o hair_n and_o such_o other_o 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