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which_o if_o men_n be_v not_o brutish_a and_o unbelieving_a they_o will_v hearty_o welcome_v it_o as_o the_o sure_a condition_n mr._n baxter_n rest_v 3d_o part_n 216._o papist_n my_o lord_n of_o worcester_n be_v a_o papist_n have_v this_o maxim_n that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v disorder_v within_o himself_o only_o because_o thing_n be_v out_o of_o order_n without_o he_o queen_n elizabeth_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o my_o lord_n of_o worcester_n have_v reconcile_v what_o she_o think_v inconsistent_a a_o stiff_a papist_n to_o be_v a_o good_a subject_n punishment_n whensoever_o god_n punish_v he_o do_v it_o for_o just_a cause_n and_o the_o godly_a never_o accuse_v he_o of_o rigour_n as_o the_o wicked_a do_v but_o acknowledge_v that_o in_o themselves_o be_v just_a cause_n why_o they_o shall_v thus_o entreat_v they_o dan._n 9.7_o why_o shall_v a_o live_a man_n complain_v for_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o sin_n hale_o 130._o reason_n it_o be_v human_a to_o use_v reason_n rather_o than_o 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