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the_o quaker_n to_o say_v that_o god_n and_o christ_n dwell_v in_o the_o saint_n and_o true_a believer_n and_o therefore_o to_o avoid_v this_o blasphemy_n you_o will_v not_o own_o that_o god_n and_o christ_n dwell_v in_o they_o and_o then_o sure_o you_o preach_v a_o absent_a god_n and_o christ_n for_o if_o christ_n dwell_v not_o in_o believer_n he_o be_v absent_a from_o they_o and_o yet_o you_o contradict_v yourselves_o herein_o as_o your_o manner_n be_v you_o say_v the_o person_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n dwell_v in_o we_o by_o his_o operation_n and_o thus_o you_o will_v false_o gloss_n upon_o the_o word_n of_o j._n o._n and_o s._n r._n for_o j._n o._n hâ—ld_v a_o peculiar_a persuasion_n far_o differ_v from_o his_o brethren_n the_o presbyterian_o for_o which_o cauldrey_n severe_o tax_v he_o that_o whereas_o they_o hold_v it_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n dwell_v not_o by_o himself_o or_o personal_o as_o they_o phrase_v it_o in_o believer_n but_o by_o his_o operation_n grace_n and_o gift_n j._n o._n in_o his_o book_n of_o perseverence_n use_v many_o reason_n and_o word_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n himself_o together_o with_o his_o operation_n and_o grace_n he_o as_o well_o as_o they_o dwell_v in_o believer_n and_o not_o the_o grace_n without_o he_o and_o upon_o this_o he_o build_v the_o doctrine_n of_o perseverance_n and_o s._n r._n say_v he_o will_v not_o have_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n without_o christ._n but_o you_o plead_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n be_v in_o the_o saint_n but_o not_o christ_n himself_o and_o therefore_o if_o our_o doctrine_n be_v blasphemous_a you_o must_v allow_v j._n o._n and_o s._n r._n equal_o guilty_a but_o the_o guilt_n of_o blasphemy_n be_v you_o who_o will_v exclude_v christ_n from_o the_o saint_n and_o divide_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n from_o christ_n which_o be_v impossible_a and_o be_v contrary_n to_o all_o sound_a reason_n as_o well_o as_o scripture_n to_o divide_v and_o separate_v the_o operator_n from_o his_o operation_n pag._n 70._o you_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o you_o agree_v with_o the_o ranter_n in_o that_o principle_n viz._n that_o god_n do_v all_o and_o have_v unchangeable_o order_v all_o thing_n good_a and_o bad_a be_v we_o therefore_o ranter_n say_v you_o answ_n let_v impartial_a man_n judge_v see_v this_o be_v the_o fundamental_a error_n of_o the_o ranter_n and_o the_o root_n and_o base_a of_o all_o their_o other_o rant_a principle_n and_o practice_n pag._n 72._o you_o most_o false_o charge_v i_o as_o if_o i_o be_v restore_v manicheism_n into_o the_o world_n as_o if_o there_o be_v two_o principle_n or_o first_o cause_n the_o one_o of_o good_a the_o other_o of_o evil_n for_o you_o be_v very_o ignorant_a if_o you_o know_v not_o that_o the_o manichism_n principle_n be_v that_o there_o be_v a_o evil_a first_o cause_n or_o principle_n essential_o evil_a uncreated_a eternal_a independent_a and_o equal_a to_o the_o good_a but_o we_o hold_v no_o such_o doctrine_n there_o be_v 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