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the_o independent_o however_o crown_v the_o wickedness_n with_o his_o blood_n indep_n suppose_v it_o so_o they_o do_v only_o execute_v the_o sentence_n but_o the_o presbyterian_o pronounce_v it_o neither_o do_v they_o execute_v it_o as_o independent_o or_o under_o colour_n of_o any_o impulse_n of_o religion_n or_o conscience_n but_o upon_o civil_a and_o political_a pretext_n he_o be_v adjudge_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o a_o tyrant_n traitor_n murderer_n and_o public_a enemy_n not_o for_o refuse_v to_o enter_z into_o a_o church-covenant_n or_o establish_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n but_o upon_o a_o pestilent_a motive_n of_o diabolical_a policy_n and_o state_n whereas_o the_o presbyterian_o persecute_v he_o as_o presbyterian_o and_o deprive_v he_o of_o his_o royal_a support_n dignity_n friend_n freedom_n in_o effect_n life_n and_o all_o because_o he_o will_v not_o renounce_v his_o reason_n and_o conscience_n in_o favour_n of_o their_o government_n and_o i_o be_o very_o persuade_v that_o you_o will_v have_v as_o little_a to_o say_v for_o your_o principle_n as_o for_o your_o action_n sect_n xxvi_o what_o party_n soever_o demand_n a_o toleration_n and_o yet_o maintein_v that_o it_o be_v destructive_a both_o of_o church_n and_o state_n to_o grant_v one_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o both_o indep_n as_o to_o the_o point_n in_o question_n it_o lie_v natural_o before_o we_o to_o speak_v first_o to_o the_o thing_n in_o it_o self_n and_o we_o may_v afterward_o consider_v it_o in_o the_o consequence_n in_o the_o desire_n of_o a_o toleration_n the_o independent_o ask_v no_o more_o than_o they_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o allow_v i_o wish_v the_o presbyterian_o can_v say_v the_o like_a presb._n in_o the_o large_a sense_n of_o allow_v all_o sort_n of_o libertine_n and_o heretic_n as_o the_o late_a independent_a government_n do_v i_o do_v confess_v you_o have_v outdo_v the_o presbyterian_o indep_n and_o yet_o those_o very_a libertine_n and_o heretic_n be_v your_o 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