( 83 ) avd the dead, ,zs he by his averring Spirit thinks fitting,' 4nßw. Here the Charger wrongs you too : For feeing all mens Lives and Mercies are the Fruits of Chrifts Me- rits, if this were true,the Pope could kill all his Enemies at his pleafure, and when he hath killed them could caff them into Hell, or keep them out of Heaven : And then no one in his wits would be againft him, or difpleafe him. It's enough to be able to do as aforefaid. III. Your next is [the Papifl honours the Virgin Mary much more than he does her divine Son, or God the Father: for one Prayer he Pays to God, he Pays ten to the Virgin.] Anfw. This is injurious too, whoever made it : The Pagans honour not their Inferiour Gods, fo much as the Supreme ! And for the number ofPrayers, it's not like that all Papifts ufe the fame, or by the fame Beads : But whether you give inordinate honour to theVirgin Mary, andput not up a very large proportionofyour Prayers to her ; ifDr. Stillingfleet, and abundancebefore him, may not be tru(ted in their Citations, I hope your ownPray- er-books may be believed. Its bad enough to make her like Juno, though you thould not equal her with rove. Angels have refufed fmaller honour. IV. You add [ Hu Prayers are a company of Latine words, he neither underflands, or cares to underhand them, which ifhe do but patter over in fuch a number, though his heart and mind be wholly taken up with worldly thoughts anddefires, he thinks, &c.] Anfiv. At the firff lineone would haüe thought you had grown paff blufhing, and had denyed your Latine Prayers, not underffood 5 but you never want one word to help youout in renouncing thewhole Sentence: You make me think of that lorry Religion which teacheth z men,
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