Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A44405
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The Church of England free from the imputation of popery
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Hooper, George, 1640-1727.
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1683
(1683)
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Wing H2698; ESTC R17107
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the_o church_n of_o england_n free_a from_o the_o imputation_n of_o popery_n london_n print_v for_o w._n abington_n next_o the_o wonder_n tavern_n in_o ludgate-street_n 1683._o the_o church_n of_o england_n free_a from_o the_o imputation_n of_o popery_n the_o case_n between_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o the_o dissenter_n from_o it_o imputation_n the_o imputation_n require_v not_o much_o of_o learning_n or_o speculation_n it_o may_v well_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o difficult_a matter_n to_o see_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o and_o clear_v the_o difference_n and_o indeed_o the_o duty_n of_o obedience_n in_o thing_n indifferent_a and_o the_o obligation_n of_o each_o christian_n to_o preserve_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n be_v so_o convince_a and_o the_o expedience_n of_o some_o ceremony_n in_o general_a and_o the_o innocence_n of_o we_o in_o particular_a so_o plain_a that_o the_o reconciliation_n of_o our_o brethren_n to_o we_o upon_o the_o view_n of_o our_o reason_n and_o the_o answer_n we_o have_v give_v to_o their_o scruple_n may_v be_v easy_o expect_v be_v there_o not_o some_o general_n prejudice_n upon_o the_o mind_n of_o otherwise_o well-disposed_a man_n that_o like_o a_o interpose_v miss_v either_o divert_v the_o light_n that_o will_v otherwise_o come_v in_o or_o let_v it_o not_o appear_v in_o its_o own_o colour_n and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o opinion_n many_o man_n have_v be_v poff_a with_o that_o our_o worship_n be_v popery_n and_o that_o to_o return_v to_o our_o communion_n be_v to_o make_v a_o step_n towards_o rome_n to_o join_v company_n with_o those_o that_o be_v go_v thither_o for_o this_o conceit_n once_o entertain_v a_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n be_v a_o disguise_a emissary_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n and_o all_o the_o argument_n and_o persuasion_n he_o offer_v for_o conformity_n be_v receive_v no_o better_a than_o if_o he_o be_v endeavour_v to_o pervert_v to_o the_o papal_a superstition_n if_o we_o speak_v to_o they_o of_o the_o common_a prayer_n they_o think_v of_o the_o mass_n and_o while_o we_o discourse_v to_o they_o of_o the_o fitness_n and_o lawfulness_n of_o kneel_v at_o the_o communion_n they_o imagine_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o host_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n by_o who_o malice_n and_o artifice_n soever_o this_o prejudice_n have_v be_v raise_v and_o cherish_v they_o we_o must_v confess_v have_v gain_v their_o point_n by_o it_o they_o have_v stop_v the_o ear_n and_o blind_v the_o eye_n of_o those_o that_o otherwise_o will_v know_v the_o voice_n of_o their_o brethren_n the_o aversion_n of_o the_o people_n deserve_o raise_v against_o popery_n they_o have_v have_v the_o skill_n to_o turn_v against_o the_o great_a and_o best_a church_n of_o the_o reformation_n and_o they_o have_v have_v the_o pleasure_n to_o put_v she_o under_o the_o most_o sensible_a affliction_n of_o lie_v under_o a_o imputation_n she_o so_o much_o abhor_v and_o hear_v herself_o reckon_v among_o those_o she_o have_v so_o open_o and_o so_o just_o condemn_v none_o can_v be_v ignorant_a how_o far_o this_o prejudice_n have_v prevail_v and_o with_o what_o success_n thoe_n indeed_o it_o be_v a_o conceit_n so_o unlikely_a and_o inconsistent_a that_o we_o may_v well_o expect_v no_o rational_a person_n shall_v have_v entertain_v it_o and_o do_v not_o popery_n let_v we_o know_v what_o gross_a absurdity_n may_v find_v credit_n with_o the_o ignorant_a it_o will_v be_v very_o hard_a to_o imagine_v how_o any_o belief_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o such_o a_o impossibility_n transubstantiation_n itself_o be_v as_o conceivable_a a_o thing_n as_o that_o a_o protestant_n real_o of_o our_o church_n shall_v be_v a_o papist_n too_o and_o any_o other_o contradiction_n as_o easy_o reconcile_v as_o that_o neither_o can_v they_o fair_o object_v ignorance_n and_o a_o implicit_a belief_n to_o the_o papist_n who_o know_v so_o little_o the_o constitution_n of_o 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that_o have_v not_o do_v this_o in_o a_o corner_n or_o in_o the_o ear_n but_o proclaim_v it_o on_o the_o house_n top_n that_o like_o a_o city_n set_v upon_o a_o hill_n have_v be_v as_o high_a and_o eminent_a on_o the_o one_o side_n as_o rome_n itself_o with_o its_o seven_o boast_a hill_n have_v be_v on_o the_o other_o and_o have_v as_o remarkable_o oppose_v the_o error_n of_o that_o church_n as_o ever_o they_o have_v be_v advance_v what_o a_o new_a wonder_n must_v this_o be_v to_o the_o world_n to_o hear_v the_o church_n constitute_v by_o cranmer_n and_o ridley_n accuse_v of_o popery_n that_o faith_n and_o worship_n suspect_v to_o be_v unreformed_a which_o be_v deliver_v down_o to_o we_o by_o those_o great_a martyr_n be_v this_o the_o reward_n of_o a_o church_n who_o son_n have_v give_v so_o loud_a testimony_n against_o the_o roman_a in_o their_o life_n and_o by_o their_o death_n who_o have_v still_o bear_v the_o burden_n and_o heat_n of_o the_o day_n who_o have_v feel_v the_o fierce_a 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