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thy_o threaten_n come_v to_o pass_v to_o our_o destruction_n but_o the_o lord_n have_v blast_v it_o and_o will_v cross_v its_o evil_a desire_n and_o wicked_a design_n and_o we_o be_v glad_a for_o the_o truth_n sake_n that_o we_o suffer_v reproach_n by_o thou_o and_o such_o malicious_a rant_a spirit_n we_o be_v more_o glad_a that_o thou_o in_o the_o spirit_n thou_o stand_v in_o have_v thus_o reproach_v and_o vilify_v we_o then_o if_o thou_o shall_v have_v altogether_o commend_v we_o for_o we_o shall_v think_v the_o worse_a of_o ourselves_o if_o thou_o shall_v commend_v and_o speak_v well_o of_o we_o in_o the_o state_n thou_o be_v in_o and_o now_o after_o thou_o have_v thus_o cruel_o and_o final_o sentence_v we_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n as_o with_o utter_a destruction_n and_o the_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n for_o ever_o the_o reader_n may_v take_v notice_n
how_o manifest_o thou_o have_v contradict_v thyself_o as_o one_o who_o madness_n and_o outrage_n have_v infatuate_v by_o what_o follow_v where_o thou_o use_v these_o word_n to_o we_o viz._n r.r._n you_o have_v be_v and_o still_o be_v exercise_v under_o fear_n be_v bind_v to_o strict_a observation_n thereby_o work_v out_o your_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a all_o which_o the_o son_n of_o man_n also_o fulfil_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o flesh_n as_o be_v bear_v under_o the_o law_n learning_n obedience_n by_o the_o thing_n he_o suffer_v and_o thus_o far_o you_o stand_v with_o he_o in_o your_o earthly_a testimony_n p._n 24._o answ_n however_o thou_o blasphemous_o call_v the_o testimony_n of_o christ_n among_o we_o earthly_a yet_o thou_o have_v confess_v enough_o for_o we_o to_o confute_v thy_o own_o false_a testimony_n and_o rail_a before_o for_o if_o we_o be_v such_o as_o work_v out_o our_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a follow_v the_o example_n of_o the_o son_n 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thus_o blaspheme_v against_o christ_n in_o as_o much_o as_o thou_o have_v do_v it_o to_o he_o with_o thy_o dark_a confuse_a spirit_n of_o envy_n and_o malice_n who_o also_o to_o manifest_v what_o a_o enemy_n thou_o be_v to_o christ_n and_o his_o righteousness_n say_v that_o even_o the_o innocency_n and_o righteousness_n of_o the_o son_n the_o seed_n must_v be_v offered-up_a and_o nail_v to_o the_o cross_n adde_v these_o popish_a term_n viz._n this_o may_v be_v true_o call_v purgatory_n or_o limbo_n patrum_fw-la p._n 24._o answ_n see_v how_o like_o a_o ranter_n thou_o have_v herein_o show_v thyself_o who_o will_v have_v the_o innocency_n and_o righteousness_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n crucify_v whereas_o it_o be_v the_o old_a man_n which_o be_v corrupt_a with_o his_o deed_n that_o must_v be_v crucify_v but_o thou_o like_o a_o ranter_n haste_n both_o undervalue_v the_o example_n obedience_n and_o righteousness_n of_o the_o son_n and_o have_v prefer_v whoremonger_n and_o adulterer_n before_o such_o as_o stand_v with_o the_o son_n in_o his_o testimony_n it_o appear_v thou_o have_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o respect_n to_o whoremonger_n and_o adulterer_n thy_o spirit_n have_v most_o affinity_n with_o such_o as_o will_v further_o appear_v again_o notwithstanding_o thou_o have_v so_o final_o and_o cruel_o sentence_v and_o threaten_v we_o as_o before_o thou_o give_v we_o these_o exhortation_n viz._n r.r._n go_v humble_a yourselves_o under_o the_o mighty_a hand_n of_o god_n that_o in_o due_a time_n be_v may_v exalt_v you_o into_o the_o number_n of_o that_o name_n unto_o which_o every_o knee_n must_v bow_v p._n 25._o and_o to_o look_v to_o the_o root_n that_o lead_v we_o either_o to_o do_v or_o suffer_v and_o earnest_o to_o pray_v and_o seek_v for_o the_o best_a and_o most_o excellent_a love_n and_o charity_n etc._n etc._n answ_n here_o it_o be_v again_o obvious_a how_o thou_o have_v contradict_v thyself_o and_o thy_o confusion_n and_o contradiction_n run_v thus_o viz._n you_o luciferian_a people_n for_o who_o be_v reserve_v the_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n for_o ever_o who_o must_v be_v cut_v down_o and_o fall_v with_o hammon_n saul_n and_o herod_n in_o the_o pit_n go_v you_o and_o humble_v yourselves_o that_o god_n in_o due_a time_n may_v exalt_v you_o into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o elect_n look_v you_o to_o the_o root_n that_o lead_v you_o to_o do_v or_o suffer_v and_o earnest_o pray_v etc._n etc._n do_v but_o see_v the_o confusion_n and_o madness_n of_o this_o r.r._n and_o how_o like_o a_o mad_a bedla_n m_o he_o have_v act_v his_o part_n one_o while_o bitter_o exclaim_v against_o we_o and_o judge_v we_o to_o the_o pit_n and_o for_o the_o blackness_n of_o darkness_n for_o ever_o another_o while_n bid_v we_o humble_v ourselves_o and_o pray_v that_o god_n may_v exalt_v we_o as_o if_o now_o there_o be_v hope_n for_o we_o when_o at_o other_o time_n he_o will_v not_o own_o there_o be_v any_o hope_n for_o we_o thus_o he_o have_v bewray_v his_o own_o madness_n and_o folly_n through_o his_o envy_n and_o outrage_n and_o now_o robert_n can_v lucifer_n hammon_n saul_n and_o herod_n look_v to_o the_o root_n to_o lead_v they_o or_o they_o that_o be_v chain_v in_o darkness_n for_o ever_o when_o thou_o say_v christ_n the_o root_n bid_v they_o depart_v and_o yet_o thou_o say_v we_o must_v look_v to_o the_o root_n that_o lead_v we_o etc._n etc._n be_v this_o r.r._n and_o r.bs._n rhetoric_n from_o their_o high_a dispensation_n judge_v reader_n and_o now_o as_o to_o r.r._n his_o dear_o salute_v and_o own_v the_o outcast_n from_o the_o people_n call_v quaker_n as_o his_o brother_n benjamin_n bone_n of_o his_o bone_n and_o flesh_n of_o his_o flesh_n etc._n etc._n p._n 8._o answ_n such_o as_o be_v outcast_n from_o among_o we_o be_v such_o as_o have_v cast_v themselves_o out_o by_o turn_v from_o the_o live_a truth_n and_o power_n of_o god_n to_o wit_n such_o as_o turn_v into_o prejudice_n and_o enmity_n and_o such_o as_o turn_v into_o corrupt_a 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how_o do_v he_o reckon_v that_o in_o join_v to_o dread_v and_o fear_v the_o lord_n to_o watch_v and_o keep_v to_o the_o light_n to_o be_v a_o hard_a imposition_n as_o p._n 22._o it_o be_v hard_a to_o the_o dark_a rant_a spirit_n but_o easy_a to_o they_o that_o be_v under_o christ_n yoke_n for_o his_o darkness_n can_v not_o endure_v the_o light_n nor_o his_o vain_a mind_n the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o how_o do_v he_o say_v the_o redeem_a have_v no_o visible_a church_n or_o people_n to_o shelter_v under_o when_o in_o contradiction_n he_o tell_v of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o mount_n zion_n the_o number_n of_o one_o hundred_o forty_o four_o thousand_o p._n 22._o and_o that_o such_o a_o people_n there_o be_v in_o this_o present_a world_n even_o as_o he_o be_v in_o heaven_n p._n 25._o