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Idolatries; Yes, Dearest Mollie, I understand from your "request" that you are willing, yes anxious to "do", or "suffer", or "become" any of the above humiliations if the Glory of the Lord can only be promoted and his blessed kingdom advanced by you in any manner.
Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie Houston,Febrary 14, 1857 2008
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Churche/that they name it to be euen like an harlot which hathe opened her legges vnd [er] euerye tree that hade any bowghes to Idolls and vngodlye Idolatries.
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Paul therfor teachith by this sayinge/that in no wise the faithfull shuld come at the Idolatries of the vnfaithfull/but flye frõ them: which sentence is so playn to the vnderstondinge of the most symple/that it neadith no exposicion at all.
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But we must not compare these ceremonies of the old lawe with the Inuencions of men/they can not be iustly compared with Massing: They were plainly taught in Goddes worde/but these masses and popishe Idolatries are thrust vnto vs by the subtiltie of the deuell/and craftye deceyuing of mẽ.
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But he gyuith the Iues instruction against Images which wer caried about/ãd Idolatries which wer vsed in those places wher they were exiles: ffor the Maneir of the Babilonians was/not only to haue Images in ther temples/but also to haue them sett abroode and caried openly vppon mens shulders.
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And that theis prĩces maye do this the better/they muste thẽ selues take hede that they be cleare frõ these Idolatries ãd supersticiõs.
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The secõde is/they muste not graunte nor suffer/the vnfaithfull to vse their supersticions and wicked Idolatries which are cõtrarie vnto Godds worde.
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Godd ãd the deuell/as thoughe we wold gyue our mynde ãd affectiõ vnto Godd: ãd in poperie and supersticious Idolatries to gyue our bodyes doĩges/and outward actiõs vnto the deuell.
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That is/that they do compell no man to partake their wicked Idolatries.
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Specially noteworthy are the programme of the Review, "That she may fulfil her mission, Poland must be united to the Church"; "The Two Idolatries", i.e.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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