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word_n	according_a	scripture_n	sense_n	4,288	5	6.3125	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65890	The timorous reviler sleighted being a brief reprehension of a scornful pamphlet, styled, The second part of the Quakers Quibbles, subscribed by the name of Thomas Thompson, but (by some) suspected to be the author of the two pamphlets, the one entituled, The spirit of the Quakers tryed; the other, Controversie ended; with divers others against the people called Quakers.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.; Hedworth, Henry, attributed name.	1674 (1674)	Wing W1965; ESTC R220976	8,015	11

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they_o ought_v to_o mind_n if_o they_o be_v ingenuous_o honest_a and_o not_o my_o person_n etc._n etc._n p._n 12._o it_o be_v very_o likely_a thy_o name_n and_o person_n will_v neither_o add_v to_o the_o merit_n of_o nor_o grace_n thy_o cause_n thou_o be_v very_o cautious_a and_o timorous_a thy_o name_n or_o person_n shall_v be_v discover_v and_o here_o have_v get_v a_o pretence_n that_o stand_v in_o judgement_n against_o thou_o while_o thou_o make_v no_o conscience_n of_o scurrilous_o abuse_v other_o man_n name_n in_o print_n with_o a_o multitude_n of_o scornful_a reflection_n upon_o g._n whitehead_n w._n penn_n and_o other_o and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o upon_o the_o quaker_n in_o general_a with_o which_o thy_o pamphlet_n be_v much_o stuff_v short_a of_o all_o seriousness_n and_o sobriety_n where_o be_v thy_o conscience_n and_o religion_n be_v it_o all_o devour_v with_o lightness_n and_o turn_v into_o scorn_n do_v thou_o think_v to_o terrify_v we_o with_o use_v such_o a_o liberty_n of_o speech_n as_o thou_o tell_v of_o pag._n 7_o and_o have_v not_o thou_o make_v use_v of_o such_o mean_a and_o unmanly_a artifices_fw-la as_o thou_o tell_v of_o pag._n 12_o as_o namely_o to_o be_v angry_a and_o waspish_a and_o therein_o to_o reflect_v upon_o person_n what_o be_v then_o become_v of_o thy_o cause_n and_o when_o do_v we_o ever_o tell_v thou_o that_o we_o will_v have_v thou_o guide_v by_o our_o suffering_n mere_o p._n 8._o herein_o thou_o perverte_v but_o have_v thou_o not_o former_o perceive_v something_o of_o religion_n and_o christianity_n as_o the_o ground_n of_o our_o give_v up_o to_o suffer_v however_o we_o be_v satisfy_v that_o we_o suffer_v as_o christian_n and_o that_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n have_v be_v with_o we_o in_o many_o suffering_n and_o tribulation_n and_o that_o his_o presence_n and_o power_n be_v with_o we_o to_o this_o day_n whatever_o mocker_n and_o apostate_n say_v to_o the_o contrary_n i_o deny_v all_o prejudice_v angry_a anabaptist_n spirit_n p._n 15._o do_v thou_o so_o deny_v prejudice_n and_o anger_n in_o thyself_o then_o why_o have_v thou_o appear_v so_o much_o then_o like_o a_o envious_a socinian_n for_o the_o angry_a anabaptist_n as_o one_o great_o possess_v with_o the_o leaven_n of_o their_o spirit_n as_o for_o crafty_o take_v thou_o for_o a_o baptist_n or_o jumble_v thou_o with_o they_o i_o do_v not_o nor_o do_v take_v thou_o for_o a_o baptist_n though_o i_o do_v look_v upon_o thou_o as_o have_v jumble_v thyself_o as_o a_o confederate_a with_o they_o or_o a_o assister_n of_o they_o against_o we_o i_o have_v ground_n to_o think_v who_o thou_o be_v and_o possible_o in_o time_n thou_o may_v be_v more_o manifest_a for_o thy_o creep_a underly_a work_n of_o strife_n and_o dark_a attempt_n against_o the_o lord_n people_n and_o whereas_o to_o clear_v the_o baptist_n innocency_n touch_v thy_o other_o pamphlet_n thou_o adde_v these_o word_n viz._n i_o do_v hereby_o declare_v once_o more_o and_o affirm_v as_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n that_o no_o baptist_n nor_o anabaptist_n so_o call_v do_v see_v that_o my_o epistle_n to_o w._n p._n till_o after_o i_o have_v write_v it_o p._n 15._o very_o like_v so_o how_o shall_v they_o but_o to_o take_v thy_o intention_n if_o they_o do_v not_o see_v any_o part_n of_o it_o nor_o advise_v thou_o in_o the_o write_n of_o it_o this_o clear_v they_o not_o from_o see_v or_o approve_v it_o for_o publication_n nor_o thou_o from_o be_v a_o partial_a abettor_n of_o they_o in_o their_o socinianize_v cause_n which_o it_o seem_v be_v very_o lame_a therefore_o and_o like_a to_o be_v more_o lame_a and_o defective_a if_o they_o leave_v it_o in_o thy_o hand_n to_o manage_v it_o be_v well_o if_o while_o they_o be_v contend_v for_o the_o humanity_n