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the_o reason_n of_o the_o title_n chap._n ii_o fol._n 17._o contain_v two_o infallible_a ground_n set_v down_o for_o the_o better_a trial_n of_o idolatrous_a worship_n and_o prevarication_n in_o god_n service_n the_o first_o be_v the_o force_n of_o our_o natural_a light_n and_o divine_a instict_n of_o our_o conscience_n the_o second_o be_v a_o true_a definition_n of_o idolatry_n chap._n iii_o 37._o contain_v a_o faithful_a relation_n of_o the_o lewd_a &_o open_a superstition_n and_o of_o the_o ridiculous_a jest_n of_o pretend_a miracle_n which_o the_o author_n do_v contemplate_v in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n chap._n iu._n 51._o contain_v a_o rehearsal_n of_o the_o impiety_n of_o papal_a indulgence_n that_o be_v to_o say_v pardon_n and_o dispensasition_n of_o the_o avow_a pollution_n of_o the_o celibate_n and_o monastic_a life_n and_o of_o other_o capital_a vice_n which_o be_v pregnant_a in_o the_o court_n in_o the_o cloister_n and_o in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n to_o the_o manifest_a 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