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then_o why_o do_v they_o censure_v our_o church_n censure_v against_o they_o that_o have_v sometime_o be_v our_o member_n we_o do_v avowed_o appeal_v to_o the_o same_o rule_n be_v it_o sufficient_a to_o satisfy_v man_n in_o one_o another_o proceed_n though_o contrary_a because_o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o same_o rule_n this_o must_v certain_o be_v some_o lesbian_a rule_n that_o may_v square_v to_o all_o man_n opinion_n and_o fancy_n 5._o that_o the_o present_a molestation_n give_v they_o be_v mere_o for_o a_o suppose_a error_n relate_v to_o the_o subject_a of_o baptism_n here_o learn_v how_o dangerous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o take_v a_o thing_n for_o truth_n upon_o the_o credit_n of_o prejudice_v person_n how_o untrue_a this_o be_v there_o will_v be_v afterward_o occasion_n in_o divers_a example_n to_o make_v appear_v only_o we_o must_v give_v they_o leave_v to_o call_v it_o a_o suppose_a error_n but_o with_o who_o with_o they_o it_o be_v a_o believe_a truth_n and_o of_o such_o 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that_o they_o limit_v the_o ministry_n to_o learned_a man_n and_o that_o he_o do_v not_o find_v his_o own_o spirit_n free_a to_o come_v though_o afterward_o he_o speak_v both_o of_o that_o and_o of_o their_o severity_n to_o the_o quaker_n though_o that_o church_n meddle_v not_o with_o they_o but_o only_o to_o preach_v against_o their_o error_n in_o this_o practice_n he_o contumacious_o persist_v many_o year_n deny_v himself_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o that_o church_n or_o bind_v to_o assemble_v with_o they_o though_o he_o have_v solemn_o give_v himself_o up_o to_o they_o in_o covenant_n slight_v many_o admonition_n and_o afterward_o with_o thomas_n gold_n go_v off_o to_o and_o become_v a_o worthy_a pillar_n of_o a_o anabaptist_n church_n and_o whereas_o he_o insist_o so_o upon_o a_o bitter_a spirit_n in_o the_o church_n against_o dissenter_n let_v seven_o year_n patience_n with_o serious_a endeavour_n in_o all_o tenderness_n to_o
will_v might_n under_o he_o be_v make_v priest_n fit_a or_o unfit_a the_o belgic_a and_o other_o read_v it_o of_o both_o end_n of_o the_o people_n if_o a_o fit_a man_n will_v accept_v it_o so_o if_o not_o to_o the_o other_o end_n and_o take_v one_o unfit_a the_o anabaptist_n will_v have_v a_o learned_a man_n if_o they_o can_v get_v one_o of_o their_o mind_n if_o not_o john_n russel_n the_o shoemaker_n the_o learned_a zepperus_n de_fw-fr polit_fw-la eccl._n p._n 186._o lament_v the_o low_a and_o miserable_a estate_n of_o religion_n give_v this_o for_o one_o reason_n of_o it_o they_o make_v ministros_fw-la de_fw-fr extremitatibus_fw-la populi_fw-la i._n e._n sartoribus_fw-la sutoribus_fw-la idiotis_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o do_v not_o think_v the_o spirit_n be_v lock_v up_o in_o the_o narrow_a limit_n of_o college_n learning_n noâ—_n we_o neither_o nor_o yet_o ministerial_a gift_n to_o be_v ordinary_o acquire_v in_o a_o shoemaker_n shop_n we_o believe_v man_n be_v to_o be_v instruct_v and_o endeavour_n use_v and_o that_o there_o be_v school_n of_o the_o prophet_n to_o that_o end_n or_o there_o may_v be_v private_a mâ—ans_n use_v we_o believe_v a_o learned_a man_n may_v prove_v uâ—tious_a and_o so_o not_o fit_a to_o be_v improve_v in_o that_o work_n we_o believe_v every_o true_a christian_a receive_v the_o spirit_n in_o his_o measure_n but_o that_o he_o therefore_o be_v fit_a to_o teach_v and_o instruct_v a_o congregation_n be_v a_o enthusiastical_a notion_n true_o â—â—_o goodman_n russel_n be_v a_o fit_a man_n for_o a_o minister_n we_o have_v but_o fool_v ourselves_o in_o build_v college_n and_o instruct_v our_o child_n in_o learning_n frange_a leves_fw-la calamos_fw-la &_o scinde_v thalia_n libellos_fw-la si_fw-mi dare_v sutori_n calceus_n ista_fw-la potest_fw-la mart._n we_o have_v enough_o of_o his_o last_o to_o people_n new-england_n with_o prophet_n sect_n xx._n one_o thing_n more_o and_o he_o will_v dismiss_v we_o mr._n mather_n charge_v they_o with_o a_o 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scandalous_a person_n that_o can_v submit_v to_o the_o discipline_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o church_n to_o repair_v unto_o and_o now_o for_o this_o they_o be_v compare_v to_o those_o damnable_a hypocrite_n mention_v mat._n 24._o 49._o and_o threaten_v with_o no_o less_o than_o eternal_a desolation_n we_o see_v what_o man_n may_v come_v to_o in_o time_n begin_v with_o falsehood_n and_o end_n with_o curse_n but_o causeless_a curse_n shall_v not_o come_v nor_o need_v these_o church_n regard_n if_o they_o keep_v faithful_a to_o their_o god_n though_o anabaptist_n anathematise_v they_o finis_fw-la