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moderatorâ—resumes_v â—resumes_z to_o affirm_v that_o many_o papist_n be_v smart_o punish_v for_o not_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n and_o peremptory_o conclude_v that_o none_o be_v punish_v for_o not_o observe_v it_o which_o be_v a_o strange_a affirmation_n and_o can_v be_v consonant_n to_o truth_n if_o he_o have_v observe_v the_o proceed_n in_o civil_a court_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n or_o the_o many_o evil_n of_o the_o late_a civil_a war_n in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v the_o utter_a ruin_n which_o now_o endanger_v the_o papist_n whole_a estate_n proceed_v sole_o from_o their_o perform_n to_o the_o late_a king_n that_o service_n which_o he_o call_v allegiance_n and_o yet_o page_n 18._o of_o the_o first_o part_n he_o say_v that_o many_o papist_n never_o do_v bear_v arm_n at_o all_o but_o only_o skulk_v in_o the_o king_n garrison_n for_o better_a security_n immediate_o after_o he_o press_v to_o any_o indifferent_a judge_n to_o determine_v but_o upon_o supposition_n 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conscience_n but_o
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another_o teach_v we_o not_o ourselves_o we_o that_o preach_v a_o man_n shall_v not_o steal_v do_v we_o steal_v etc._n etc._n video_fw-la meliora_fw-la proboque_fw-la deteriora_fw-la sequor_fw-la chap._n xi_o it_o matter_n not_o much_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o this_o mix_v and_o patch_v piece_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o contrivement_n of_o will._n birchley_n or_o the_o birth_n and_o offspring_n or_o the_o jesuit_n under_o that_o name_n roman_z insinuator_fw-la have_v more_o true_o become_v the_o frontispiece_n than_o christian_a moderator_n unless_o master_n birchley_n will_v by_o flattery_n and_o his_o own_o principle_n creep_v into_o that_o power_n in_o england_n which_o his_o great_a patron_n claim_v of_o right_a who_o sit_v so_o high_a at_o rome_n persecution_n against_o religion_n be_v cry_v down_o by_o all_o fundamental_a and_o sound_a truth_n of_o holy_a writ_n but_o than_o it_o must_v not_o be_v bare_a opinion_n faction_n or_o fancy_n but_o it_o must_v be_v evident_a 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