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he_o refer_v we_o to_o any_o quotation_n of_o i_o though_o upon_o this_o he_o be_v please_v to_o accuse_v i_o with_o passion_n furious_a reply_v and_o sarcasm_n for_o his_o own_o fiction_n to_o which_o he_o have_v counterfeit_v my_o name_n i_o question_v not_o but_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n will_v follow_v he_o and_o such_o forger_n and_o spreader_n of_o lie_n but_o that_o be_v not_o my_o answer_n to_o the_o say_a objection_n this_o dialogue-man_n liberty_n in_o these_o forgery_n and_o silly_a botchery_n be_v neither_o christian_n nor_o civil_a as_o to_o what_o he_o say_v pag._n 3_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o the_o life_n which_o be_v the_o light_n of_o man_n john_n 1._o be_v not_o a_o creature_n but_o divine_a and_o of_o the_o very_o be_v of_o god_n i_o still_o affirm_v and_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v though_o the_o whole_a essence_n or_o be_v of_o god_n be_v not_o contain_v in_o man_n yet_o enlighten_v all_o men._n and_o 2._o that_o the_o inward_a speak_v or_o live_v 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