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common_a people_n stiff_a adherence_n to_o whatever_o they_o have_v heedless_o suck_v in_o p._n 85._o 11._o the_o ill_a success_n of_o the_o church_n lay_v at_o the_o door_n of_o those_o atheistical_a principle_n that_o have_v spread_v so_o far_o and_o near_o in_o the_o kingdom_n p._n 87._o a_o enquiry_n make_v after_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o present_a growth_n of_o atheism_n p._n 88_o four_o reason_n of_o it_o assign_v 1._o the_o changeableness_n of_o many_o man_n principle_n pretend_v to_o more_o than_o ordinary_a godliness_n p._n 88_o 89_o 90_o 91_o 92._o 2._o the_o wicked_a and_o vile_a action_n of_o many_o boast_n of_o extraordinary_a piety_n p._n 93_o 94._o 3._o unworthy_a scandal_n and_o reflection_n fasten_v upon_o churchman_n p._n 96._o 4._o the_o non-execution_n of_o such_o law_n which_o be_v make_v on_o purpose_n to_o command_v the_o people_n to_o wait_v upon_o
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