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also_o point_v at_o otherwher_o i_o do_v not_o for_o the_o disgrace_n of_o the_o man_n though_o that_o withal_o if_o he_o amend_v not_o shall_v just_o accompany_v it_o but_o direct_o to_o disgrace_v falsehood_n and_o lay_v open_a the_o way_n of_o unrighteousness_n with_o the_o issue_n thereof_o unto_o his_o follower_n the_o commodity_n of_o it_o i_o hope_v shall_v be_v great_a in_o two_o principal_a respect_n one_o that_o the_o same_o path_n of_o death_n which_o he_o have_v beat_v unto_o they_o may_v be_v shun_v of_o of_o all_o that_o love_v the_o way_n of_o life_n and_o the_o other_o that_o no_o man_n hereafter_o marvel_v see_v this_o contrariety_n in_o point_n of_o foundation_n that_o bro._n quarel_v with_o and_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o of_o which_o he_o be_v in_o no_o wise_a worthy_a to_o be_v a_o member_n and_o now_o to_o conclude_v christian_n in_o that_o he_o say_v faith_n can_v be_v except_o we_o be_v so_o renew_a that_o no_o open_a gross_a wickedness_n appear_v in_o we_o from_o his_o own_o mouth_n this_o sentence_n must_v proceed_v against_o he_o that_o he_o be_v no_o christian_a do_v you_o ask_v how_o i_o can_v prove_v it_o let_v the_o same_o his_o assertion_n be_v the_o proposition_n therhence_o i_o assume_v thus_o browne_n have_v open_a gross_a wickedness_n in_o he_o now_o the_o conclusion_n follow_v therefore_o browne_n have_v not_o faith_n you_o will_v ask_v proof_n of_o my_o assumption_n i_o give_v it_o you_o thus_o rail_a revile_v and_o slander_v public_o sparse_v abroad_o in_o writing_n agianst_a any_o be_v open_a gross_a wickedness_n but_o browne_n have_v commit_v these_o thing_n witness_v this_o his_o libel_n against_o i_o omit_v all_o his_o other_o writing_n at_o this_o time_n wherein_o i_o yield_v the_o judgement_n to_o all_o that_o have_v see_v it_o whether_o they_o have_v find_v the_o like_a unscholerlike_o scold_v such_o base_a revile_v so_o peremptory_a without_o all_o proof_n accuse_v and_o unchristian_a beyond_o all_o charity_n slander_v both_v i_o and_o many_o in_o the_o writing_n of_o any_o the_o vile_a heretic_n in_o our_o memory_n to_o those_o that_o have_v not_o see_v it_o let_v these_o few_o place_n in_o stead_n of_o his_o multitude_n testify_v his_o revile_v phrase_n be_v such_o as_o these_o but_o infinite_o repeat_v num_fw-la 53._o o_o blind_a pharisee_fw-mi or_o rather_o o_o froward_a heretic_n num_fw-la 54._o thou_o blind_v pharisee_v num_fw-la 60._o o_o false_a tongue_a man_n shall_v not_o god_n pluck_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n num_fw-la 78._o nay_o thine_a and_o thy_o partner_n hypocrisy_n join_v with_o envy_n outrage_n and_o cruelty_n shall_v be_v better_o know_v thou_o teach_v f._n thy_o fog_a physic_n and_o he_o teach_v thou_o his_o lie_a divinity_n num_fw-la 79._o the_o wretch_n care_v not_o what_o he_o forge_v against_o us._n and_o by_o and_o by_o after_o o_o caitiff_a thou_o will_v fain_o hear_v of_o it_o that_o we_o be_v all_o hang_v num_fw-la 103._o thou_o unpitifull_a and_o graceless_a writer_n and_o falsifier_n etc._n etc._n these_o may_v give_v a_o glimpse_n of_o his_o rail_n now_o for_o his_o slander_v num_fw-la 34._o the_o hypocrisy_n of_o rail_a f._n and_o bredwell_n with_o their_o partner_n be_v hide_v in_o rich_a man_n house_n sometime_o in_o deceytful_a fasting_n as_o though_o we_o shall_v have_v present_a reformation_n and_o sometime_o in_o delicate_a feast_n in_o bribe_n gift_n show_v of_o alm_n to_o the_o poor_a when_o all_o go_v into_o their_o own_o belly_n or_o purse_n num_fw-la 75._o if_o all_o be_v such_o persecute_v wretch_n as_o bredwell_n be_v they_o be_v not_o only_a infidel_n deny_v the_o faith_n but_o also_o worse_a than_o infidel_n because_o they_o yet_o suffer_v the_o believer_n to_o dwell_v in_o the_o same_o house_n with_o they_o but_o bredwell_n and_o his_o partner_n will_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o dwell_v in_o the_o same_o city_n with_o they_o no_o not_o in_o the_o same_o country_n no_o not_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n num_fw-la 77._o nay_o false_a hypocrite_n this_o word_n only_o be_v thy_o own_o addition_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v thy_o manner_n and_o thy_o partner_n to_o force_v to_o threaten_v to_o make_v stir_n and_o hurlie_n burly_n and_o to_o drive_v man_n and_o wife_n asunder_o thou_o and_o their_o outrage_n can_v be_v satisfy_v with_o blood_n thou_o and_o their_o railing_n slander_n and_o false_a accusation_n have_v bring_v diverse_a of_o we_o to_o death_n some_o by_o the_o gibbet_n some_o by_o long_a imprisonment_n some_o by_o flight_n and_o pursuit_n some_o by_o extreme_a care_n death_n and_o sickness_n some_o by_o sea_n some_o by_o necessity_n and_o want_n some_o by_o change_v air_n dwell_v and_o place_n the_o blood_n of_o all_o these_o shall_v be_v upon_o thou_o and_o thy_o partner_n head_n three_o other_o place_n to_o wit_n num_fw-la 115.116_o 117._o whether_o they_o contain_v gross_a blasphemy_n not_o only_o against_o man_n but_o against_o god_n and_o his_o word_n i_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o conscience_n of_o all_o that_o have_v see_v they_o for_o i_o think_v it_o nor_o good_a for_o some_o respect_n to_o set_v they_o down_o and_o appeal_v to_o the_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o reins_n for_o judgement_n these_o thing_n consider_v i_o trust_v i_o may_v with_o the_o christian_a reader_n consent_n conclude_v that_o there_o be_v open_a gross_a wickedness_n find_v in_o this_o man_n from_o whence_o by_o his_o own_o rule_n it_o follow_v that_o he_o have_v not_o faith_n and_o so_o consequent_o be_v no_o christian_a from_o the_o 74._o to_o the_o 78._o 8_o so_o far_o say_v the_o admonition_n he_o proceed_v in_o seduce_v that_o he_o say_v prove_v the_o wife_n ought_v to_o go_v away_o from_o her_o husband_n if_o he_o will_v not_o go_v with_o she_o in_o the_o