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idol_n be_v image_n and_o so_o again_o psal_n 135.15_o and_o say_v st._n john_n rev._n 9.20_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o man_n which_o be_v not_o kill_v by_o these_o plague_n yet_o repent_v not_o of_o the_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o worship_v devil_n and_o idol_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o brass_n and_o stone_n and_o of_o wood_n which_o neither_o can_v see_v nor_o hear_v nor_o walk_v and_o this_o place_n as_o dr._n more_o show_v respect_v the_o romish_a church_n itself_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o all_o these_o place_n and_o many_o more_o that_o the_o worship_v of_o image_n and_o such_o idol_n be_v a_o very_a sinful_a thing_n again_o we_o may_v see_v that_o god_n command_v that_o the_o worshipper_n of_o other_o god_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o not_o fit_a to_o live_v any_o long_a and_o to_o deter_v all_o other_o from_o the_o commit_n of_o such_o gross_a and_o notorious_a impiety_n and_o such_o god_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n image_n and_o such_o idol_n that_o man_n or_o woman_n that_o have_v go_v and_o serve_v other_o god_n be_v to_o be_v stone_v to_o death_n deut._n 17.2_o and_o that_o prophet_n or_o friend_n or_o relation_n that_o go_v about_o to_o draw_v they_o to_o serve_v other_o god_n be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n deut._n 13_o 15_a and_o that_o prophet_n or_o that_o dreamer_n of_o dream_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n because_o he_o have_v speak_v to_o turn_v you_o away_o from_o the_o lord_n your_o god_n and_o ver_fw-la 6_o if_o thy_o brother_n the_o son_n of_o thy_o mother_n or_o thy_o son_n or_o thy_o daughter_n or_o the_o wife_n of_o thy_o bosom_n or_o thy_o friend_n which_o be_v as_o thy_o own_o soul_n entice_v thou_o secret_o say_v let_v we_o go_v and_o serve_v other_o god_n which_o thou_o have_v not_o know_v thou_o shall_v not_o consent_v unto_o he_o nor_o hearken_v unto_o he_o neither_o shall_v thy_o eye_n pity_v he_o neither_o shall_v thou_o spare_v neither_o shall_v thou_o conceal_v he_o but_o thou_o shall_v sure_o kill_v he_o thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v first_o upon_o he_o to_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o afterward_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o the_o people_n and_o thou_o shall_v stone_n he_o with_o stone_n that_o he_o die_v and_o the_o city_n that_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n be_v to_o be_v destroy_v ver_fw-la 12._o if_o thou_o shall_v hear_v say_v in_o one_o of_o thy_o city_n say_v certain_a man_n the_o child_n of_o belial_n be_v go_v out_o from_o among_o you_o and_o have_v withdraw_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o their_o city_n say_v let_v we_o go_v and_o serve_v other_o god_n which_o you_o have_v not_o know_v thou_o shall_v sure_o smite_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o city_n with_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n and_o thou_o shall_v gather_v all_o the_o spoil_n of_o it_o into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o street_n thereof_o and_o shall_v burn_v with_o fire_n the_o city_n and_o all_o the_o spoil_n thereof_o idolater_n be_v here_o call_v the_o child_n of_o belial_n and_o be_v all_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o commit_v such_o abominable_a wickedness_n and_o to_o deter_v and_o fright_v other_o from_o commit_v the_o like_a and_o their_o city_n and_o good_n be_v to_o be_v burn_v as_o accurse_a thing_n so_o detestable_a be_v this_o sin_n to_o almighty_a god_n and_o such_o as_o we_o may_v plain_o see_v be_v all_o image-worship_n again_o we_o may_v see_v that_o god_n command_v that_o all_o image_n as_o well_o as_o all_o other_o idolatrous_a worship_n shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o the_o jew_n be_v strict_o command_v to_o do_v this_o exod._n 23.24_o but_o thou_o shall_v utter_o overthrow_v they_o and_o quite_o break_v down_o their_o image_n