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deep_o call_v unto_o deep_a at_o the_o noise_n of_o thy_o water_n spout_n all_o thy_o wave_n and_o thy_o billow_n be_v go_v over_o i_o psal_n 69.1_o 2._o save_v i_o o_o god_n for_o the_o water_n be_v come_v in_o unto_o my_o soul_n i_o sink_v in_o deep_a mire_n where_o there_o be_v no_o stand_v i_o be_o come_v into_o deep_a water_n where_o the_o flood_n overflow_v i_o psal_n 88.7_o thy_o wrath_n lie_v hard_a upon_o i_o and_o thou_o have_v afflict_v i_o with_o all_o thy_o wave_n selah_n ezekiel_n 26.19_o for_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n when_o i_o shall_v make_v thou_o a_o desolate_a city_n like_o the_o city_n that_o be_v not_o inhabit_v when_o i_o shall_v bring_v up_o the_o deep_a upon_o thou_o and_o great_a water_n shall_v cover_v thou_o in_o the_o next_o place_n mr._n h._n proceed_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o of_o fire_n for_o which_o he_o cite_v mat._n 3.11_o he_o shall_v baptize_v you_o with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o with_o fire_n now_o 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force_n etc._n etc._n now_o john_n of_o leyden_n have_v no_o hand_n at_o all_o in_o any_o of_o these_o disturbance_n neither_o as_o the_o beginner_n nor_o promoter_n thereof_o for_o as_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o be_v at_o munster_n but_o upon_o the_o 14_o of_o february_n 1533._o which_o be_v the_o year_n follow_v john_n of_o leyden_n come_v thither_o a_o strange_a selfish_a and_o opinionative_n man_n who_o although_o he_o may_v stand_v up_o for_o believer_n baptism_n this_o we_o be_v sure_a of_o he_o differ_v in_o almost_o all_o other_o point_n with_o those_o of_o the_o baptist_n persuasion_n and_o after_o several_a disputation_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o among_o other_o thing_n bernard_n rotman_n teach_v john_n of_o leyden_n this_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o man_n not_o only_o to_o defend_v but_o also_o to_o propagate_v their_o religion_n by_o force_n and_o arms._n in_o the_o end_n the_o forenamed_a person_n with_o other_o lutheran_n some_o of_o which_o agree_v with_o 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how_o shameful_o he_o have_v abuse_v we_o in_o this_o matter_n and_o therefore_o i_o may_v spare_v my_o pain_n to_o return_v answer_n to_o all_o his_o particular_a abusive_a reflection_n have_v do_v with_o the_o story_n of_o john_n of_o leyden_n i_o come_v now_o to_o consider_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o rest_n of_o they_o who_o name_n he_o have_v affix_v they_o say_v he_o fancy_v themselves_o inspire_v from_o above_o most_o confident_o utter_v their_o heretical_a blasphemiâ—â—_n which_o be_v 1._o that_o no_o infant_n ought_v to_o be_v baptize_v 2._o none_o be_v right_o baptize_v but_o such_o as_o be_v dip_v these_o two_o plain_a and_o undeniable_a truth_n this_o man_n have_v the_o confidence_n to_o call_v heretical_a blasphemy_n you_o may_v guess_v by_o this_o what_o a_o latitude_n he_o allow_v himself_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o billingsgate_n rhetoric_n pray_v sir_n consider_v suppose_v these_o two_o be_v error_n yet_o they_o can_v not_o be_v heresy_n nor_o blasphemy_n for_o if_o 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