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worship_v god_n in_o spirit_n and_o in_o truth_n as_o he_o will_v have_v we_o worship_v he_o if_o we_o do_v not_o love_v and_o embrace_v in_o he_o all_o those_o obligation_n and_o the_o pretend_a religion_n of_o these_o false_a worshipper_n be_v nothing_o but_o superstition_n and_o illusion_n equal_o vain_a and_o criminal_a i_o say_v superstition_n for_o superstition_n be_v not_o only_o as_o some_o conceive_v the_o worship_v of_o false_a divinity_n the_o false_a worship_v of_o the_o true_a divinity_n be_v no_o less_o a_o superstition_n than_o the_o worship_v of_o false_a divinity_n and_o all_o that_o pretend_a piety_n which_o despise_v the_o least_o of_o natural_a duty_n and_o which_o do_v not_o prefer_v they_o to_o those_o devotion_n practice_n custom_n and_o humane_a institution_n howsoever_o authorize_v and_o approve_v of_o by_o the_o church_n be_v a_o real_a superstition_n for_o it_o be_v so_o