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not_o complain_v as_o leave_v out_o shall_v give_v in_o his_o verdict_n in_o his_o spirit_n of_o truth_n vindicated_n p._n 38._o thus_o the_o scripture_n be_v much_o like_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o true_a rule_n etc._n etc._n now_o all_o man_n know_v a_o shadow_n be_v a_o empty_a and_o vain_a thing_n and_o the_o most_o uncertain_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n sometime_o short_a and_o sometime_o much_o long_o than_o the_o substance_n itself_o sect._n 5._o but_o now_o to_o wheel_v about_o and_o run_v round_o again_o though_o one_o will_v think_v no_o man_n possible_o that_o pretend_v to_o honesty_n or_o common_a reputation_n can_v either_o have_v the_o face_n or_o confidence_n to_o do_v it_o have_v so_o rivet_v and_o fix_v the_o contrary_a in_o print_n as_o above_o nay_o some_o can_v believe_v that_o any_o ordinary_a romancer_n will_v publish_v it_o in_o print_n with_o such_o a_o stupendous_a confidence_n as_o the_o quaker_n have_v late_o do_v viz._n g.w._n quaker_n plainness_n p._n 70_o 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