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christ_n deny_v they_o yet_o if_o man_n will_v grant_v they_o it_o will_v serve_v your_o turn_n as_o well_o p._n 287._o min._n where_o i_o wonder_v do_v christ_n deny_v they_o have_v the_o quaker_n prove_v this_o he_o have_v most_o effectual_o do_v his_o work_n but_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o prove_v this_o false_a assertion_n that_o when_o i_o be_o challenge_v the_o quaker_n for_o about_o four_o page_n together_o to_o prove_v tithe_n a_o sin_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o transgression_n of_o any_o law_n humane_a or_o divine_a t._n e._n be_v not_o so_o hardy_a as_o to_o make_v any_o manner_n of_o etc._n reply_n though_o he_o can_v not_o but_o know_v that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o considerable_a passage_n that_o i_o have_v par._n you_o may_v be_v sure_a t._n e._n be_v wise_a enough_o to_o pass_v by_o those_o passage_n for_o i_o suppose_v he_o know_v neither_o how_o to_o answer_v your_o argument_n nor_o vindicate_v the_o reputation_n of_o his_o own_o party_n who_o you_o have_v render_v 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