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and_o idolatrous_a stranger_n they_o be_v content_a to_o draw_v all_o again_o to_o the_o hazard_n of_o a_o new_a more_o terrible_a war_n tell_v they_o of_o the_o too_o probable_a issue_n of_o their_o obstinacy_n that_o if_o their_o design_n shall_v prosper_v the_o danger_n will_v be_v great_a than_o their_o wit_n or_o the_o wisdom_n of_o any_o mortal_a creature_n can_v secure_v we_o from_o to_o have_v a_o tyranny_n plant_v in_o our_o state_n and_o popery_n without_o any_o more_o circumlocution_n settle_v in_o our_o church_n but_o if_o their_o renew_a war_n shall_v again_o miscarry_v that_o then_o the_o hazard_n be_v evident_a of_o undo_v the_o royal_a family_n of_o turn_v the_o civil_a state_n of_o england_n into_o a_o babel_n of_o confusion_n and_o the_o church_n thereof_o into_o a_o fountain_n of_o heresy_n for_o the_o intoxication_n with_o its_o stream_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o reform_a to_o all_o such_o very_a rational_a discourse_n this_o generation_n of_o man_n be_v 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four_o historia_n davidis_n p._n 139._o menno_n avow_v that_o david_n be_v to_o be_v take_v for_o antichrist_n the_o man_n of_o sin_n the_o child_n of_o perdition_n a_o false_a prophet_n a_o robber_n and_o a_o deceiver_n kkkk_n clopenburg_n p._n 63._o all_o the_o mennonist_n agree_v in_o their_o denial_n that_o christ_n be_v the_o true_a son_n of_o mary_n and_o mary_n the_o true_a mother_n of_o christ_n llll_n ibid._n p._n 18._o that_o gross_a error_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v whereby_o with_o socinus_n and_o vorstius_n they_o deny_v the_o immediate_a omnipresence_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n and_o so_o the_o attribute_n of_o god_n infiniteness_n mmmm_o ibid._n p._n 10._o the_o mennonist_n in_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o trinity_n reject_v the_o word_n person_n ibid._n p._n 12._o their_o niceness_n about_o the_o word_n person_n be_v from_o this_o that_o they_o do_v not_o unanimous_o nor_o constant_o believe_v that_o christ_n be_v a_o divine_a person_n different_a from_o the_o father_n beget_v from_o eternity_n before_o his_o birth_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o p._n 17_o we_o see_v the_o orthodox_n faith_n of_o the_o trinity_n corrupt_v by_o the_o mennonist_n nnnn_n clopenburg_n in_o his_o preface_n in_o that_o harmonious_a discord_n of_o the_o confession_n of_o all_o the_o anabaptist_n i_o labour_v to_o take_v off_o the_o deceitful_a faird_v of_o their_o syncretisme_n which_o do_v consist_v only_o in_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o word_n oooo_o ibid._n p._n 132._o a_o few_o year_n ago_o among_o the_o flemish_a anabaptist_n three_o new_a sect_n be_v add_v to_o the_o former_a who_o excommunicate_a one_o another_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o division_n be_v thomas_n benks_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n at_o franeker_n who_o at_o the_o roup_a of_o a_o certain_a house_n do_v elude_v the_o design_n of_o a_o friend_n who_o first_o intend_v to_o buy_v it_o this_o merchandise_n many_o of_o the_o anabaptist_n do_v approve_v as_o honest_a but_o other_o of_o they_o do_v not_o only_o disallow_v it_o as_o deceitful_a but_o also_o pronounce_v that_o deceit_n worthy_a of_o excommunication_n upon_o this_o occasion_n a_o rent_n be_v make_v but_o while_o these_o two_o party_n be_v at_o variance_n there_o arise_v a_o three_o party_n of_o mid_a man_n and_o neutral_n who_o do_v disallow_v the_o bargain_n as_o fraudulent_a yet_o do_v not_o judge_v that_o fraud_n so_o heinous_a as_o to_o deserve_v the_o rigorous_a censure_n of_o excommunication_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n these_o three_o sect_n howsoever_o unanimous_a in_o the_o chief_a head_n of_o their_o doctrine_n yet_o they_o bolt_v out_o fearful_a excommunication_n one_o against_o another_o and_o refuse_v all_o mutual_a communion_n pppp_n ibid._n p._n 431._o the_o hamaxarii_n and_o borboritae_n be_v these_o anabaptist_n who_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o old_a mennonist_n because_o of_o their_o rigidity_n in_o censure_v receive_v in_o their_o communion_n any_o 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