to_o this_o day_n §_o 32._o accus_n xix_o he_o be_v acquaint_v forty_o year_n ago_o with_o many_o age_a nonconform_v minister_n and_o probable_o confederate_a with_o they_o etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr yes_o in_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n renounce_v the_o world_n the_o flesh_n and_o the_o devil_n i_o repent_v not_o of_o that_o nor_o take_v it_o for_o a_o sin_n to_o have_v know_v they_o §_o 33._o accus_n xx._n prejudices_fw-la against_o conformity_n possess_v he_o from_o his_o youth_n ans_fw-fr not_o unless_o cainism_n be_v conformity_n or_o twenty_o four_o year_n old_a be_v my_o youth_n such_o as_o your_o write_n and_o do_n be_v a_o ill_a cure_n of_o prejudice_n §_o 34._o accus_n xxi_o be_v that_o i_o break_v my_o oath_n to_o the_o king_n and_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n who_o i_o be_v bind_v to_o obey_v ans_fw-fr i_o think_v very_o that_o i_o break_v neither_o i_o swear_v not_o to_o obey_v the_o convocation_n much_o less_o against_o the_o parliament_n in_o unlawful_a canon_n and_o 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