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At this time it is enough for theſe which do not deſpiſe our Declaration, having therefore briefly touched it, thereby to prepare the way for their acquaintance and friendſhip with us.
Yea, to whom it is permitted, that he may ſee, and for his inſtruction uſe thoſe great Letters and Characters which the Lord God hath written and imprinted in Heaven and Earths Edifice, through the alteration of Government, which hath been from time to time altered and renewed; the ſame is already (although as yet unknown to himſelf) ours: And as we know he will not deſpiſe our inviting and calling, ſo none ſhall fear any deceit; for we promiſe, and openly ſay, That no mans uprightneſs and hopes ſhall deceive him, whoſoever ſhall make himſelf known unto us under the Seal of Secrecy, and deſire our Fraternity.
But to the falſe Hypocrites, and to thoſe that ſeek other things then Wiſdom, we ſay and witneſs by theſe preſents publikely, we cannot be made known, and be betrayed unto them; and much leſs they ſhall be able to hurt us any manner of
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