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page_n 23._o the_o temper_n of_o episcopalian_o be_v by_o unmanly_a as_o well_o as_o unchristian_a shift_n tobuoy_v up_o their_o sink_a cause_n page_n 25._o this_o historian_n ignorant_a malice_n to_o be_v despise_v judas_n iscariot_n be_v his_o predecessor_n page_n 52._o the_o contempt_n of_o the_o ministry_n come_v from_o the_o atheism_n and_o debauch_n of_o the_o episcopal_a clergy_n page_n 64._o and_o again_o of_o a_o eminent_a divine_a presbyterian_o he_o say_v that_o his_o word_n be_v like_o those_o of_o a_o madman_n or_o of_o one_o rave_v in_o a_o fever_n page_n 51._o it_o will_v be_v tedious_a and_o nauseous_a to_o trace_v this_o his_o presbyterian_a eloquence_n through_o every_o page_n as_o he_o vent_v it_o or_o to_o show_v how_o false_o and_o bold_o he_o charge_v a_o whole_a sacred_a order_n of_o man_n with_o the_o fault_n which_o he_o suppose_v and_o will_v have_v the_o world_n believe_v some_o single_a person_n among_o they_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o as_o that_o they_o be_v 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