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know_v nothing_o else_o by_o they_o if_o i_o shall_v do_v so_o see_v i_o be_o call_v to_o speak_v my_o conscience_n i_o shall_v fear_v it_o be_v a_o sin_n alas_o sir_n will_v you_o not_o let_v man_n serve_v god_n and_o save_v their_o soul_n 2._o such_o as_o upon_o trial_n be_v find_v unworthy_a etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr but_o i_o pray_v have_v you_o any_o thing_n first_o to_o allege_v against_o they_o if_o you_o have_v not_o how_o will_v you_o bring_v they_o to_o trial_n if_o they_o come_v willing_o and_o you_o find_v they_o unfit_a and_o so_o suspend_v they_o than_o you_o go_v about_o to_o punish_v they_o again_o for_o a_o future_a sin_n the_o truth_n be_v if_o you_o be_v real_o so_o tender_a in_o this_o business_n you_o may_v repair_v to_o your_o people_n in_o that_o humble_a way_n of_o admonish_v they_o with_o tear_n and_o from_o house_n to_o house_n act_v 20.20_o i_o say_v not_o you_o be_v bind_v to_o this_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la that_o you_o necessary_o sin_n else_o but_o de_fw-fr 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