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this_o man_n be_v base_a unworthiness_n and_o unchristian_a carriage_n in_o publish_v such_o a_o thing_n when_o i_o have_v before_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o he_o serious_o assure_v he_o that_o mr._n hedworth_n be_v a_o person_n no_o more_o acquaint_v with_o i_o than_o g._n himself_o be_v but_o this_o man_n be_v so_o guilty_a himself_o of_o assert_v and_o write_v so_o many_o untruth_n and_o falsehood_n he_o think_v other_o be_v like_o he_o and_o no_o more_o to_o be_v credit_v but_o now_o let_v the_o unbiased_a reader_n judge_n of_o it_o do_v they_o think_v to_o grace_v their_o cause_n by_o such_o do_n where_o be_v thy_o conscience_n and_o religion_n george_n be_v this_o the_o quaker_n christianity_n oh_o silly_a scorner_n blush_v and_o be_v ashamed_a sect_n ii_o about_o the_o author_n be_v name_n and_o letter_n sect._n 1_o the_o ingenious_a and_o impartial_a reader_n may_v easy_o conclude_v how_o he_o have_v manage_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o work_n by_o puâ—â—â—g_v such_o a_o false_a suggestion_n even_o in_o his_o front_n and_o that_o so_o base_o and_o unchristian_o and_o at_o the_o same_o rate_n he_o go_v on_o with_o these_o word_n look_v upon_o thou_o to_o be_v a_o unworthy_a cowardly_a base_a spirit_v man_n who_o shuffle_n about_o to_o hide_v thyself_o how_o now_o friend_n what_o such_o as_o m.y._n see_v through_o the_o keyhole_n or_o so_o as_o one_o g.w._n do_v in_o the_o matter_n of_o mrs._n bat_n when_o accuse_v at_o t._n y_n according_a to_o thy_o own_o way_n with_o mr._n danson_n this_o be_v but_o a_o query_n mr._n sleight_n thou_o better_a know_v the_o mystery_n sect._n 2._o thou_o be_v very_o cautious_a thy_o name_n shall_v be_v discover_v but_o alas_o poor_a man_n that_o be_v put_v so_o hard_o to_o it_o that_o they_o be_v now_o force_v to_o make_v use_n of_o such_o slight_a shift_n for_o excuse_n for_o the_o time_n be_v when_o the_o quaker_n can_v tell_v you_o that_o even_o the_o bless_a name_n of_o jesus_n and_o christ_n itself_o without_o that_o they_o call_v the_o power_n be_v but_o empty_a word_n princip_n of_o truth_n p._n 12._o and_o yet_o behold_v what_o a_o considerable_a thing_n do_v this_o quaker_n now_o pretend_v to_o make_v of_o my_o name_n oh_o the_o folly_n and_o hypocrisy_n of_o these_o man_n can_v the_o knowledge_n of_o a_o empty_a word_n be_v of_o such_o weight_n to_o they_o which_o yet_o they_o can_v tell_v but_o that_o they_o do_v know_v to_o be_v sure_a they_o will_v not_o own_o that_o i_o be_o in_o the_o power_n what_o be_v this_o man_n so_o base_a then_o as_o to_o make_v my_o mere_a literal_a name_n to_o be_v of_o more_o concern_v to_o they_o than_o they_o have_v declare_v the_o mere_a literal_a name_n of_o the_o lord_n christ_n to_o be_v to_o they_o what_o will_v thou_o make_v thy_o be_v unacquainted_a with_o a_o empty_a word_n a_o excuse_n blush_v for_o shame_n sect._n 3_o but_o to_o take_v that_o false_a cover_n from_o he_o and_o cut_v all_o short_a i_o do_v hereby_o tell_v they_o for_o a_o certain_a truth_n that_o my_o real_a name_n be_v in_o print_n as_o a_o witness_n against_o they_o and_o my_o book_n as_o a_o testimony_n against_o several_a of_o their_o principle_n and_o let_v they_o either_o answer_n or_o confute_v they_o if_o they_o can_v though_o this_o be_v more_o than_o 〈◊〉_d â—as_v oblige_v either_o by_o their_o civility_n or_o any_o other_o law_n that_o i_o know_v of_o to_o tell_v they_o what_o if_o i_o shall_v ask_v they_o who_o name_n be_v to_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n who_o name_n be_v to_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n king_n and_o chronicle_n can_v the_o quaker_n tell_v with_o all_o their_o light_n uncontrollable_o what_o man_n write_v they_o and_o will_v it_o not_o thence_o appear_v it_o may_v be_v both_o good_a and_o honest_a enough_o though_o a_o man_n name_n shall_v be_v conceal_v and_o neither_o the_o man_n the_o worse_o nor_o his_o book_n the_o worse_a what_o have_v they_o to_o say_v against_o paul_n change_v his_o name_n 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