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for_o ever_o but_o this_o be_v ridiculous_a 26._o again_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o many_o individual_a person_n from_o the_o king_n the_o noble_n baron_n knight_n burgess_n citizen_n minister_n and_o commons_o of_o all_o sort_n never_o take_v the_o covenant_n but_o ever_o as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v declare_v their_o abhorrency_n of_o it_o 27._o yea_o the_o popish_a the_o milignant_a and_o the_o prelatical_a party_n which_o certain_o be_v then_o no_o mean_a part_n of_o the_o nation_n if_o not_o the_o great_a be_v suppose_v in_o the_o covenant_n itself_o to_o be_v enemy_n to_o it_o and_o be_v indeed_o swear_v against_o it_o and_o be_v these_o oblige_v by_o the_o same_o covenant_n and_o their_o posterity_n after_o they_o be_v they_o swear_v to_o oppose_v and_o destroy_v themselves_o you_o will_v not_o say_v it_o 28._o again_o if_o these_o word_n can_v create_v a_o real_a covenant_n in_o your_o sense_n not_o only_a scotland_n who_o frame_v it_o and_o england_n who_o know_v not_o of_o 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posterity_n or_o to_o be_v national_a and_o real_a as_o you_o pretend_v alas_o what_o can_v word_n do_v more_o then_o to_o make_v a_o noise_n to_o trouble_v man_n mind_n and_o to_o beget_v trouble_n in_o the_o church_n by_o needless_a disputation_n but_o that_o it_o be_v so_o i_o hope_v our_o casuist_n who_o yourselves_o and_o all_o man_n else_o admire_v have_v put_v it_o out_o of_o doubt_n to_o your_o full_a satisfaction_n sect_n 3._o of_o the_o capacity_n of_o all_o covenanter_n 1._o the_o three_o principle_n which_o you_o intimate_v i_o take_v for_o grant_v be_v that_o all_o person_n that_o take_v the_o covenant_n be_v in_o the_o same_o capacity_n with_o ourselves_o you_o say_v you_o can_v yield_v unto_o it_o 2._o i_o have_v labour_v to_o find_v out_o your_o meaning_n and_o can_v discover_v any_o thing_n but_o the_o exception_n of_o the_o single_a person_n that_o you_o can_v stand_v upon_o 3._o but_o if_o you_o please_v to_o review_v what_o i_o say_v from_o pag._n 93._o to_o pag._n 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