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From these dumb dogs we chanced to turn into an immense, roofless church,
with thousands of shoes lying at the porch, whereby I learnt it was a
Turkish mosque. These had but very dark and misty spectacles called the
Koran; yet through these they gazed intently from the summit of their
church for their prophet, who falsely promised to return and visit them
long ago, but has left his promise unfulfilled.
From thence we entered the Jewish synagogue--these too were unable to
flee from the City of Destruction, although they had grey-tinted
spectacles, for when they look a film comes over their eyes from want of
anointing them with that precious ointment--faith.
Next we came to the Papists. "Here is the church that beguiles the
nations," exclaimed the Angel, "it was Hypocrisy that built this church
at her own cost. For the Papists encourage, yea, command men to break an
oath with a heretic even though sworn on the sacraments." From the
chancel we went through the keyholes, up to the top of a certain cell
which was full of candles, though it was broad daylight, and where we
could see a tonsured priest walking about as if expecting someone to come
to him; and ere long there comes a buxom matron, with a fair maid in her
wake, bending their knees before him to confess their sins.
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