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faldo_n book_n will_v prove_v it_o to_o he_o and_o our_o tribulation_n to_o us._n p._n 199._o a_o appendix_n be_v a_o reply_n to_o that_o last_o part_n of_o his_o book_n which_o pretend_v to_o answer_v the_o first_o of_o my_o spirit_n of_o truth_n vindicated_n etc._n etc._n p._n 206._o a_o key_n open_v a_o way_n to_o every_o common_a understanding_n whereby_o to_o discern_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o quaker_n faith_n doctrine_n and_o practice_n and_o the_o perversion_n and_o traducing_n of_o their_o several_a adversary_n p._n 236._o j._n faldo_n key_n prove_v defective_a p._n 246._o errata_fw-la reader_n though_o this_o civility_n of_o excuse_v the_o author_n from_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o the_o press_n be_v that_o which_o be_v both_o due_a in_o itself_o and_o always_o acknowledge_v by_o sober_a and_o impartial_a man_n yet_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o generation_n of_o people_n resolve_v to_o our_o ruin_n any_o way_n who_o only_a clemency_n to_o the_o printer_n be_v cruelty_n 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