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of God than fire has with water. Although it is not the purpose of this discussion to prove that at greater length, yet as often as the opportunity to speak is given, we will show by pointing the finger that all the holiest rites of the Papacy are so many abominable sacrileges, to which we cannot assent without defiling ourselves and derogating from divine worship. The head of Papistic holiness is the Mass, and if it is compared with the Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ, it will be evident that nothing more dissimilar or more abominable could have been fabricated by the devil. But lest we enter into a deeper question and dispute, let us state in one word that when we are commanded to flee from idolatry, and to keep our body and soul undefiled, Leviticus 26:1; 1 John 5:21; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 2 Corinthians 6:14