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it_o but_o if_o they_o do_v hold_v their_o peace_n and_o be_v dumb_a we_o will_v not_o believe_v they_o nor_o any_o more_o we_o will_v give_v they_o the_o victory_n through_o their_o cruelty_n let_v they_o follow_v we_o or_o else_o tell_v we_o the_o reason_n of_o all_o the_o do_n for_o we_o draw_v none_o unto_o we_o through_o fair_a word_n as_o they_o say_v but_o we_o do_v teach_v prove_v and_o declare_v and_o so_o we_o compel_v none_o by_o force_n for_o he_o be_v unprofitable_a unto_o god_n which_o have_v neither_o faith_n nor_o devotion_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o none_o depart_v from_o we_o because_o the_o truth_n hold_v they_o if_o they_o have_v any_o confidence_n or_o trust_n of_o the_o truth_n let_v they_o speak_v and_o open_v their_o mouth_n and_o let_v they_o dispute_v with_o we_o upon_o any_o matter_n true_o their_o error_n and_o their_o foolishness_n be_v now_o mock_v at_o of_o the_o old_a man_n who_o they_o despise_v &_o set_v nought_o by_o and_o by_o our_o child_n wherefore_o then_o be_v they_o so_o incense_v and_o mad_a that_o where_o they_o will_v diminish_v their_o folly_n and_o foolishness_n they_o augment_v it_o cruelty_n there_o be_v great_a difference_n between_o cruelty_n and_o pity_n and_o truth_n can_v not_o be_v join_v with_o force_n or_o righteousness_n with_o cruelty_n but_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o they_o dare_v not_o teach_v any_o thing_n of_o heavenly_a thing_n for_o they_o fear_v to_o be_v mock_v at_o of_o our_o people_n and_o forsake_v of_o their_o people_n etc_n etc_n religion_n ought_v to_o be_v defend_v not_o in_o put_v to_o death_n evil_n but_o in_o suffer_v herself_o to_o be_v kill_v not_o through_o cruelty_n but_o by_o patience_n not_o through_o wickedness_n but_o through_o faith_n for_o to_o kill_v and_o exercise_v cruelty_n be_v wickedness_n and_o belong_v unto_o the_o wicked_a and_o to_o suffer_v death_n and_o to_o have_v patience_n and_o faith_n belong_v unto_o the_o good_a there_o be_v no_o question_n 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