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do_v who_o be_v go_v to_o their_o place_n and_o once_o bign_v themselves_o and_o stiffen_v their_o neck_n against_o we_o as_o much_o as_o thou_o now_o do_v but_o when_o they_o come_v to_o lie_v upon_o their_o die_a bed_n it_o be_v otherwise_o with_o they_o and_o then_o they_o can_v take_v the_o shame_n to_o themselves_o and_o clear_v the_o lord_n truth_n and_o they_o that_o abide_v faithful_a thereunto_o and_o this_o be_v god_n love_n unto_o they_o and_o this_o thou_o must_v come_v to_o soon_o or_o late_a or_o it_o will_v be_v worse_o for_o thou_o whether_o thou_o will_v hear_v or_o forbear_v in_o my_o answer_n to_o thy_o 3d_o query_n thou_o ende_v pag._n 31._o and_o against_o such_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v etc._n etc._n in_o i_o there_o be_v thus_o much_o further_o god_n be_v and_o do_v judge_v as_o i_o with_o many_o more_o through_o god_n goodness_n be_o a_o live_a witness_n and_o have_v such_o a_o live_a testimony_n in_o my_o heart_n from_o god_n against_o that_o divide_n separate_a spirit_n upon_o occasion_n that_o it_o leave_v such_o a_o seal_n therein_o which_o i_o hope_v through_o god_n grace_n i_o shall_v never_o forget_v in_o thy_o assertion_n in_o thy_o latter-end_n of_o thy_o query_n thou_o be_v too_o confident_a as_o upon_o occasion_n may_v appear_v now_o why_o thou_o shall_v do_v thus_o in_o my_o first_o and_o this_o also_o except_o to_o cover_v that_o separate_a spirit_n from_o the_o testimony_n that_o many_o can_v give_v against_o it_o i_o know_v not_o in_o thy_o reply_n p._n 31._o thou_o say_v if_o you_o have_v continue_v in_o that_o where_o true_a unity_n be_v you_o will_v not_o have_v innovate_v such_o thing_n as_o will_v have_v break_v it_o or_o infest_a the_o church_n and_o disturb_v her_o peace_n here_o thou_o set_v thyself_o a_o judge_n over_o we_o all_o to_o censure_v we_o to_o be_v go_v forth_o of_o that_o in_o which_o the_o true_a unity_n be_v so_o make_v thyself_o guilty_a of_o that_o which_o thou_o will_v charge_v upon_o we_o viz._n to_o be_v lord_n over_o other_o faith_n as_o thou_o do_v in_o thou_o of_o the_o 21th_o of_o the_o 5_o month_n 1676._o to_o i_o in_o which_o thou_o wrote_v it_o have_v be_v better_o those_o word_n have_v not_o be_v write_v mean_v those_o of_o the_o 27_o of_o the_o 3d_o month_n 1675._o or_o be_v write_v that_o we_o will_v recall_v they_o so_o as_o i_o write_v in_o answer_n to_o thou_o we_o must_v not_o write_v or_o speak_v that_o which_o be_v upon_o our_o spirit_n upon_o good_a ground_n as_o i_o to_o thou_o there_o signify_v but_o by_o thou_o be_v censure_v it_o be_v better_a they_o have_v not_o be_v write_v or_o be_v write_v to_o recall_v they_o and_o now_o further_o by_o thou_o be_v censure_v to_o be_v go_v forth_o of_o that_o in_o which_o the_o true_a unity_n waâ—_n so_o as_o w._n penn_n write_v to_o thou_o instead_o of_o query_v thou_o judge_v we_o but_o that_o be_v know_v and_o feel_v in_o our_o man_n &_o woman_n meeting_n in_o which_o our_o unity_n be_v and_o do_v continue_v bless_a be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o it_o be_v not_o some_o go_n from_o we_o now_o as_o other_o have_v do_v before_o that_o can_v break_v our_o unity_n as_o in_o the_o power_n we_o keep_v though_o it_o may_v be_v and_o be_v cause_n of_o godly_a sorrow_n to_o we_o to_o see_v such_o thing_n neither_o do_v honest_a godly_a woman_n meeting_n infest_a or_o disturb_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o true_a church_n it_o be_v a_o bad_a say_n from_o thou_o and_o thou_o must_v repent_v of_o it_o it_o be_v that_o divide_v spirit_n which_o will_v be_v lord_n though_o it_o pretend_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o humility_n that_o seek_v to_o infest_v and_o disturb_v her_o peace_n but_o the_o lord_n have_v hitherto_o preserve_v it_o and_o will_v do_v to_o the_o end_n as_o his_o keep_v faithful_a to_o he_o against_o all_o that_o have_v or_o may_v rise_v to_o break_v it_o either_o from_o among_o ourselves_o or_o other_o and_o for_o thou_o to_o say_v set_v up_o of_o woman_n meeting_n run_v parallel_v with_o the_o bringer_n in_o of_o circumcision_n among_o believer_n not_o at_o all_o for_o the_o apostle_n preach_v circumtion_n down_o though_o he_o have_v no_o scripture_n for_o it_o and_o say_v gal._n 5.2_o that_o if_o you_o be_v circumcise_v christ_n shall_v profit_v you_o nothing_o but_o he_o never_o speak_v against_o woman_n meeting_n when_o he_o go_v where_o they_o use_v to_o pray_v but_o rather_o encourage_v they_o exhort_v the_o elder_a weave_a to_o teach_v the_o young_a neither_o do_v moses_n that_o man_n of_o god_n speak_v against_o or_o forbid_v miriam_n and_o all_o the_o woman_n go_v out_o after_o she_o exod._n 15.2_o here_o be_v woman_n apart_o from_o the_o man_n and_o questionless_a a_o great_a assembly_n or_o meet_v this_o be_v for_o do_v what_o they_o do_v he_o may_v have_v say_v have_v not_o i_o sing_v with_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o what_o need_v you_o woman_n go_v apart_o to_o sing_v but_o he_o be_v not_o of_o such_o a_o spirit_n as_o to_o stop_v or_o gainsay_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a in_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o hurt_n or_o tendency_n of_o evil_n nor_o in_o our_o woman_n meeting_n but_o thou_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o say_v this_o be_v upon_o another_o account_n then_o to_o take_v care_n of_o the_o church_n business_n it_o be_v true_a but_o this_o part_n of_o our_o woman_n business_n in_o their_o meeting_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n for_o his_o goodness_n and_o deborah_n be_v a_o judge_n in_o israel_n &_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n come_v unto_o she_o for_o judgement_n judg._n 4.4_o 5._o and_o israel_n be_v the_o then_o church_n of_o god_n this_o may_v serve_v for_o answer_v to_o that_o in_o thy_o reply_n to_o my_o answer_n to_o thy_o four_o query_n p._n 33._o where_o thou_o say_v it_o lie_v upon_o our_o part_n to_o prove_v that_o ever_o female_n be_v entrust_v to_o look_v after_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n which_o i_o have_v here_o do_v to_o wit_n that_o a_o female_a be_v entrust_v with_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n in_o my_o answer_n to_o thy_o four_o query_n thou_o ende_v and_o there_o be_v the_o first_o breach_n of_o unity_n in_o i_o there_o be_v this_o further_a as_o many_o can_v witness_v who_o testimony_n i_o hope_v thou_o will_v not_o deny_v so_o have_v i_o show_v wherein_o thou_o have_v either_o add_v to_o or_o diminish_v from_o all_o or_o most_o of_o my_o answer_n for_o what_o end_n be_v know_v unto_o thyself_o and_o as_o a_o conclusion_n there_o be_v write_v before_o i_o subscribe_v my_o name_n thus_o have_v i_o in_o plainness_n according_a to_o what_o be_v in_o my_o mind_n give_v thou_o a_o answer_n and_o if_o herein_o thou_o be_v not_o satisfy_v i_o leave_v thou_o to_o more_o able_a brethren_n for_o further_a satisfaction_n but_o this_o i_o know_v richard_n be_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o simplicity_n thereof_o keep_v unto_o there_o will_v not_o be_v so_o much_o a_o do_v about_o honest_a woman_n meeting_n together_o for_o the_o end_n beforementioned_a and_o i_o be_o real_o sorry_a upon_o serious_a consideration_n that_o thou_o which_o have_v be_v a_o strength_n unto_o other_o shall_v now_o become_v a_o weakner_n of_o the_o weak_a not_o only_o in_o this_o but_o also_o and_o more_o particular_o in_o other_o thing_n of_o weighty_a concern_v which_o i_o desire_v may_v in_o the_o measure_n of_o that_o bless_a spirit_n of_o light_n and_o life_n be_v serious_o by_o thou_o consider_v and_o amend_v that_o so_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o bond_n of_o peace_n may_v be_v true_o know_v from_o thy_o real_a friend_n and_o wellwisher_n alexander_n laurence_n and_o for_o thou_o in_o thy_o reply_n to_o my_o four_o answer_n so_o to_o make_v use_n of_o my_o word_n as_o that_o i_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o scripture_n shall_v so_o far_o differ_v pag._n 34._o from_o that_o spirit_n that_o give_v they_o forth_o as_o to_o be_v compare_v to_o babel_n be_v builder_n because_o i_o 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