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A59650
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A discourse of superstition with respect to the present times wherein the Church of England is vindicated from the imputation, and the the charge retorted not only on the papists, but also on men of other perswasions / by William Shelton ...
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Shelton, William, d. 1699.
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Wing S3097; ESTC R10846
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superstition_n religiosus_fw-la be_v appellabatur_fw-la qui_fw-la nimiâ_fw-la &_o superstitiosâ_fw-la religione_fw-la seize_v alligaverat_fw-la eaque_fw-la res_fw-la vitio_fw-la assignabatur_fw-la he_o who_o be_v superstitious_a in_o his_o religion_n which_o be_v count_v a_o crime_n be_v call_v a_o religious_a man_n seneca_n express_v the_o import_n of_o this_o 123._o senec._n epist_n 123._o word_n well_o according_a to_o the_o greek_a superstitio_fw-la error_n insanus_fw-la est_fw-la amandos_fw-la timet_fw-la quos_fw-la colit_fw-la violat_a quid_fw-la enim_fw-la interest_n utrum_fw-la deos_fw-la neges_fw-la a_o infame_n superstition_n be_v a_o wild_a kind_n of_o error_n it_o be_v afraid_a of_o he_o who_o ought_v to_o be_v love_v and_o dishonour_v he_o who_o it_o worship_v for_o what_o difference_n be_v there_o whether_o you_o deny_v god_n or_o blaspheme_v he_o in_o a_o former_a epistle_n he_o discourse_v thus_o audiat_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la 95._o id._n epist_n 95._o se_fw-la gerere_fw-la in_o sacrificiis_fw-la debeat_fw-la quam_fw-la procul_fw-la resilire_fw-la à _fw-la molestis_fw-la superstitionibus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la satis_fw-la profectum_fw-la erit_fw-la nisi_fw-la qualem_fw-la debet_fw-la deum_fw-la ment_fw-la conceperit_fw-la he_o who_o desire_v to_o understand_v himself_o and_o his_o religion_n let_v he_o retire_v as_o far_o as_o he_o can_v from_o troublesome_a superstition_n no_o man_n will_v proceed_v well_o in_o religion_n who_o have_v not_o right_a conception_n of_o god_n in_o a_o like_a sense_n do_v other_o latin_a author_n use_v the_o word_n when_o they_o upbraid_v christian_a religion_n under_o that_o name_n as_o apprehend_v it_o a_o false_a religion_n so_o tacitus_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o nero_n lay_v the_o blame_n of_o the_o burn_a of_o rome_n upon_o the_o christian_n call_v 15._o histor_n august_n lib._n 15._o their_o way_n exitiabilis_fw-la superstitio_fw-la a_o pestilent_a superstition_n suetonius_n also_o in_o the_o life_n of_o the_o same_o nero_n call_v the_o 16._o vit_n neron_n cap._n 16._o christian_n genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la superstitionis_fw-la novae_fw-la &_o maleficae_fw-la a_o sort_n of_o man_n of_o a_o new_a and_o mischievous_a superstition_n and_o pliny_n to_o trajan_n give_v christian_a religion_n the_o same_o name_n though_o with_o somewhat_o a_o soft_a epithet_n superstitio_fw-la prava_fw-la &_o immodica_fw-la a_o immoderate_a superstition_n this_o be_v then_o the_o account_v i_o gather_v out_o of_o heathen_a author_n most_o hitherto_o the_o sense_n they_o have_v of_o a_o deity_n persuade_v they_o not_o only_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v worship_v but_o also_o that_o every_o kind_n of_o service_n will_v not_o be_v acceptable_a to_o he_o the_o right_a worship_n of_o god_n that_o which_o they_o so_o apprehend_v they_o call_v religion_n that_o which_o be_v undue_a and_o therefore_o unacceptable_a pass_v under_o the_o name_n of_o superstition_n even_o as_o festus_n do_v apply_v the_o name_n to_o the_o 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oppositam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la excessum_fw-la he_o add_v unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la falsus_fw-la cultus_fw-la superstitio_fw-la appelletur_fw-la ames_n also_o say_v thus_o superstitio_fw-la est_fw-la 13._o medul_a theolog._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o quâ_fw-la deo_fw-la cultus_fw-la indebitus_fw-la exhibetur_fw-la and_o again_o superstitio_fw-la dicitur_fw-la excessus_fw-la religionis_fw-la the_o sum_n of_o all_o which_o be_v as_o atheism_n be_v a_o defect_n