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A47432 An answer to the considerations which obliged Peter Manby, late Dean of London-Derry in Ireland, as he pretends, to embrace what he calls, the Catholick religion by William King ... King, William, 1650-1729. 1687 (1687) Wing K523; ESTC R966 76,003 113

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catholic_n pay_v to_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n with_o that_o which_o most_o protestant_n show_v to_o the_o common-prayer_n and_o then_o see_v how_o much_o better_o we_o be_v by_o reform_v the_o mass_n into_o english_a p._n 11._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o papist_n appear_v to_o be_v more_o devote_n at_o mass_n than_o protestant_n at_o church_n for_o that_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v by_o pay_v devotion_n to_o the_o mass_n and_o show_v it_o to_o the_o common-prayer_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o mass_n be_v better_a than_o the_o common-prayer_n or_o a_o fit_a mean_n of_o devotion_n since_o that_o difference_n may_v arise_v from_o other_o motive_n as_o it_o manifest_o do_v the_o roman_a catholic_o place_v much_o more_o religion_n in_o outward_a show_n