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joh._n and_o sectary_n together_o with_o horrid_a blasphemer_n atheist_n and_o apostate_n from_o truth_n and_o sound_a religion_n like_o egyptian_a plague_n have_v pester_v and_o infect_a christian_a kingdom_n and_o country_n the_o black_a design_n of_o these_o evil_a day_n have_v prosper_v too_o successful_o and_o policy_n and_o
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against_o the_o moderator_n own_o rule_n who_o plead_v so_o much_o for_o charity_n and_o tenderness_n of_o conscience_n and_o that_o religion_n be_v a_o intrinsical_a act_n betwixt_o god_n and_o the_o soul_n and_o though_o sir_n richard_n minshall_n and_o other_o staggerer_n and_o turncoate_n in_o religion_n bend_v out_o of_o self-interest_n deserve_v no_o apology_n nor_o excuse_v for_o their_o fickle_a or_o rather_o subtle_a alteration_n yet_o why_o may_v not_o sir_n richard_n return_v as_o well_o to_o the_o religion_n wherein_o he_o be_v baptize_v as_o fall_v from_o it_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o personal_a respect_n and_o after_o a_o taste_n of_o his_o error_n love_v the_o truth_n ever_o better_a the_o moderator_n be_v equal_o or_o indeed_o too_o censorious_a in_o the_o unfortunate_a death_n of_o mr._n henry_n compton_n attribute_v the_o desperate_a end_n of_o he_o slay_v in_o a_o duel_n by_o the_o lord_n shandois_n to_o a_o strain_n of_o his_o conscience_n to_o too_o 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in_o the_o world_n suffer_v under_o bloody_a persecution_n comfort_n themselves_o in_o their_o martyrdom_n and_o patience_n and_o though_o no_o papist_n conceive_v they_o have_v a_o right_n and_o share_v in_o the_o application_n of_o those_o word_n that_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o martyr_n be_v the_o seed_n of_o god_n church_n chap._n xxv_o from_o these_o personal_a observation_n the_o moderator_n digress_v to_o the_o composure_n of_o a_o legend_n and_o reckon_v up_o how_o many_o romish_a priest_n have_v be_v execute_v at_o tyburn_n york_n dorchester_n and_o lancaster_n since_o the_o year_n 1641._o and_o how_o many_o have_v die_v in_o several_a prison_n in_o which_o list_n and_o calendar_n he_o only_o remember_v how_o many_o english_a subject_n after_o a_o breach_n and_o violation_n of_o many_o municipal_a law_n of_o the_o nation_n have_v hazard_v their_o own_o life_n by_o a_o wilful_a break_n of_o those_o penal_a law_n which_o so_o much_o threaten_v their_o liberty_n and_o life_n if_o 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mistress_n bridget_n fielding_n 10._o doctor_n thomas_n baily_n 11._o doctor_n cousin_n only_a son_n 12._o doctor_n goff_n 13._o mr._n peter_n glue_v of_o balliol_n college_n in_o oxford_n 14._o mr._n rich_a nicholls_n bachelor_n of_o divinity_n of_o peter-house_n in_o cambridge_n 15._o mr._n rich._n crawshaw_n 16._o mr._n will_n rowland_n 17._o captam_fw-la thomas_n cook_n 18._o mr._n edward_n barker_n of_o caius_n college_n in_o cambridge_n 19_o mr._n temple_n 20._o mr._n osborn_n etc._n etc._n chap._n xxvi_o these_o twenty_o worthy_n be_v present_v as_o more_o eminent_a beacon_n to_o give_v light_n to_o all_o their_o neighbour_n in_o these_o day_n of_o the_o many_o spiritual_a commotion_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o be_v set_v up_o in_o print_n on_o the_o high_a hill_n of_o observation_n to_o be_v more_o conspicuous_a as_o spectacle_n of_o great_a admiration_n but_o that_o the_o moderator_n may_v not_o too_o much_o increase_v and_o ensnare_v popular_a credulity_n by_o this_o list_n of_o his_o romish_a proselyte_n and_o so_o gain_v more_o disciple_n it_o be_v very_o necessary_a as_o well_o to_o examine_v the_o life_n and_o interest_n of_o these_o number_v convert_v as_o other_o likewise_o who_o the_o moderator_n conceal_v that_o their_o dissimulation_n and_o seem_a sanctity_n be_v sift_v we_o may_v hold_v faith_n and_o truth_n the_o taster_n by_o first_o detect_v and_o then_o loathe_v the_o hypocrisy_n and_o pretence_n to_o catholic_n truth_n and_o sanctity_n of_o some_o if_o not_o all_o of_o these_o late_a convert_v to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n chap._n xxvii_o but_o before_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o proselyte_n the_o moderator_n may_v know_v that_o although_o the_o papist_n in_o england_n may_v be_v under_o some_o severity_n of_o the_o law_n of_o that_o country_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o in_o such_o a_o intolerable_a and_o horrid_a condition_n as_o the_o poor_a christian_n in_o turkey_n where_o the_o grand_a signior_n rule_v not_o by_o condition_n and_o law_n 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