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from_o believe_v the_o former_a do_v by_o consequence_n dissuade_v they_o also_o from_o believe_v the_o latter_a this_o be_v ingenuous_a mr._n jenkin_n page_n 42._o 106._o sect._n 106._o he_o tell_v i_o that_o if_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v wrest_v from_o the_o word_n cite_v by_o i_o from_o bucer_n yet_o i_o show_v nothing_o but_o extreme_a ignorance_n or_o impudency_n m._n jenkin_n be_v offend_v with_o i_o for_o show_v his_o commodity_n to_o allege_v a_o author_n for_o i_o the_o whole_a strain_n of_o who_o writing_n be_v so_o direct_o opposite_a unto_o i_o but_o m._n jenkin_n suppose_v that_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v and_o which_o lie_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o outstretch_v arm_n of_o your_o learning_n to_o prove_v i_o mean_v that_o the_o whole_a strain_n of_o m._n bucers_n writing_n be_v so_o opposite_a unto_o i_o as_o you_o pretend_v yet_o upon_o what_o account_n or_o by_o the_o verdict_n of_o what_o principle_n of_o reason_n or_o common_a sense_n do_v you_o 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