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A25329 The Anatomy of popery, or, A catalogue of popish errours in doctrine, and corruptions in worship together with the agreement between paganism, pharisaism, and popery. 1673 (1673) Wing A3058A; ESTC R9334 77,450 240

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in_o those_o city_n and_o country_n wherein_o be_v most_o wickedness_n of_o life_n there_o be_v also_o most_o cost_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o most_o public_a superstitious_a worship_v of_o god_n and_o the_o saint_n what_o stately_a church_n chapel_n and_o cloister_n be_v in_o rome_n what_o fast_n what_o procession_n what_o appearance_n of_o devotion_n and_o yet_o on_o the_o other_o side_n what_o whoredom_n sodomy_n and_o profanation_n be_v commit_v in_o it_o so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o say_n of_o a_o certain_a friar_n that_o there_o be_v more_o atheist_n in_o rome_n than_o in_o any_o other_o city_n in_o the_o world_n but_o no_o where_o do_v sin_n and_o wickedness_n so_o abound_v as_o in_o mexico_n and_o yet_o no_o such_o people_n in_o the_o world_n towards_o the_o church_n and_o clergy_n who_o in_o their_o life-time_n strive_v to_o exceed_v one_o another_o in_o their_o gift_n to_o the_o cloister_n nun_n and_o friar_n some_o erect_v altar_n to_o their_o best_a devote_a saint_n worth_a 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