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A65695 The absurdity and idolatry of host-worship proved, by shewing how it answers what is said in scripture and the writtings of the fathers, to shew the folly and idolatry committed in the worship of heathen deities : also a full answer to all those pleas by which papists would wipe off the charge of idolatry, and an appendix against transubstantiation, with some reflexions on a late popish book called The guide in controversies / by Daniel Whitby ... Whitby, Daniel, 1638-1726. 1679 (1679) Wing W1719; ESTC R39040 107,837 157

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be_v hide_v how_o be_v it_o then_o that_o they_o perceive_v not_o that_o they_o be_v no_o god_n 1039._o esa_fw-la two_o 49._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n in_o es_fw-ge c._n 2._o tom._n 1._o p._n 1039._o the_o prophet_n esa_n as_o by_o the_o 70._o he_o be_v translate_v and_o by_o the_o father_n paraphrase_a do_v prophecy_n to_o the_o reproach_n of_o heathen_a idol_n that_o their_o votary_n shall_v hide_v they_o bring_v they_o into_o den_n and_o cleft_n of_o the_o rock_n and_o hole_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o by_o declare_v say_v st._n chrysostom_n that_o they_o shall_v hide_v themselves_o together_o with_o their_o god_n and_o go_v under_o the_o earth_n he_o do_v sufficient_o expose_v or_o render_v they_o ridiculous_a let_v they_o be_v fill_v with_o shame_n say_v cyril_n 51._o in_o esa_n p._n 51._o who_o serve_v those_o god_n they_o hide_v before_o themselves_o that_o they_o may_v not_o perish_v be_v expose_v to_o the_o lucre_n of_o the_o enemy_n it_o be_v a_o ridiculous_a 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catholic_n as_o do_v this_o father_n to_o the_o heathen_n ibid._n inscitiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la at_o doceatis_fw-la or_o amas_fw-la quâ_fw-la viâ_fw-la intelligi_fw-la possunt_fw-la dii_o esse_fw-la nos_fw-la eaim_fw-fr nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la sentimus_fw-la habere_fw-la vim_o numinis_fw-la l._n 4._o p._n 127._o ad_fw-la haeccine_fw-la nos_fw-la sacra_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n 5._o p._n 177_o hoscine_fw-la nobis_fw-la deos_fw-la importatis_fw-la injligitis_fw-la quorum_fw-la simile_n nec_fw-la vos_fw-la esse_fw-la nec_fw-la alium_fw-la velitis_fw-la quenquam_fw-la ibid._n humble_o desire_v to_o know_v if_o they_o do_v very_o esteem_v their_o wafer_n to_o be_v god_n how_o they_o can_v under_o stand_v they_o so_o to_o be_v for_o we_o unless_o they_o will_v deprive_v we_o even_o of_o common_a sense_n must_v say_v we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o perceive_v that_o they_o have_v any_o deity_n reside_v in_o they_o or_o that_o they_o bear_v any_o similitude_n to_o our_o most_o glorious_a jesus_n 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xv_o 6_o 9_o and_o render_v his_o worship_n vain_a these_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n be_v by_o the_o baptist_n style_v a_o generation_n of_o viper_n xxiii_o matth._n iii._o 7._o matth._n xxiii_o by_o christ_n blind_a foolish_a hypocrite_n person_n that_o coald_v not_o escape_v the_o damnation_n of_o hell_n of_o the_o whole_a people_n christ_n pronounce_v that_o they_o be_v of_o their_o father_n the_o devil_n 44._o joh._n viij_o 44._o and_o his_o work_n they_o will_v do_v and_o yet_o god_n have_v his_o church_n even_o then_o among_o they_o in_o which_o both_o zacharias_n elizabeth_n the_o virgin_n mary_n and_o our_o lord_n be_v bear_v of_o which_o both_o he_o and_o his_o apostle_n be_v then_o member_n and_o into_o which_o they_o be_v admit_v by_o circumcision_n their_o priest_n be_v own_v by_o our_o saviour_n who_o send_v the_o leper_n to_o they_o 3._o matth._n viij_o 4._o matth._n xxiii_o 2_o 3._o he_o acknowledge_v that_o these_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n still_o sit_v in_o moses_n 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