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soon_o take_v we_o away_o thus_o much_o in_o answer_n to_o his_o cavil_n who_o emptiness_n may_v have_v be_v enough_o to_o sound_v out_o their_o own_o indesert_n of_o any_o but_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o honest-hearted_n i_o have_v say_v some_o thing_n enough_o for_o the_o place_n and_o occasion_n if_o any_o desire_n further_a satisfaction_n they_o may_v please_v to_o peruse_v a_o book_n entitle_v no_o cross_n no_o crown_n and_o the_o serious_a apology_n for_o the_o principle_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n pag._n 139_o 140_o 141_o 142._o which_o with_o several_a other_o sufficient_o vindicate_v both_o our_o principle_n and_o practice_n in_o this_o particular_a as_o also_o other_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o tendency_n his_o four_o fill_v at_o we_o be_v about_o woman_n sâ—aking_v in_o the_o church_n 30._o in_o which_o point_n he_o will_v seem_v to_o triumph_v not_o a_o little_a over_o g._n f._n let_v your_o woman_n keep_v silence_n in_o the_o church_n 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