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A36078 A Discourse about conscience, relating to the present differences among us in opposition to both extreams of popery and fanaticism. 1684 (1684) Wing D1568; ESTC R8393 25,645 43

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then_o in_o the_o thing_n itself_o for_o superstition_n be_v not_o in_o the_o object_n but_o only_o in_o the_o mind_n or_o conceit_n of_o the_o person_n that_o think_v so_o thus_o they_o have_v accustom_v to_o revile_v our_o liturgy_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o english_a mass-book_n the_o bishop_n and_o governor_n of_o our_o church_n be_v brand_v for_o limb_n of_o antichrist_n and_o the_o church_n herself_o repute_v for_o little_a better_o than_o antichristian_a and_o idolatrous_a neither_o have_v they_o learn_v to_o stop_v here_o but_o have_v adventure_v to_o fly_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o civil_a government_n as_o well_o as_o the_o ecclesiastical_a against_o both_o which_o they_o have_v shoot_v their_o venomous_a arrow_n even_o bitier_n word_n psalm_n 64.3_o but_o now_o i_o appeal_v to_o any_o sober_a and_o serious_a person_n be_v he_o of_o what_o persuasion_n he_o will_v whether_o this_o be_v according_a to_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n which_o 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