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the_o adversary_n in_o their_o error_n and_o by_o their_o bitter_a invective_n whet_v they_o not_o only_o to_o defend_v themselves_o and_o to_o offend_v in_o the_o like_a but_o many_o time_n be_v thereby_o urge_v to_o write_v to_o defend_v the_o error_n itself_o to_o the_o hurt_n of_o many_o which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v vanish_v away_o without_o any_o contradiction_n book_n write_v with_o ink_n steep_v in_o the_o gall_n of_o hell_n and_o print_v in_o the_o most_o unlovely_a character_n of_o bitterness_n and_o despite_n it_o be_v so_o plain_a posterity_n will_v read_v the_o folly_n and_o madness_n of_o man_n among_o we_o in_o this_o kind_n of_o man_n i_o say_v on_o all_o side_n who_o do_v in_o all_o their_o difference_n unhappy_o agree_v with_o might_n and_o main_a to_o slander_v one_o another_o for_o whereas_o charity_n shall_v cover_v a_o multitude_n of_o sin_n charity_n itself_o be_v cover_v and_o many_o as_o if_o they_o be_v strong_o engage_v thereunto_o studious_o lay_v out_o 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