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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o become_v their_o servante_n by_o make_v they_o their_o patroness_n and_o protector_n and_o by_o ascribe_v to_o their_o favourable_a help_n the_o good_a success_n of_o their_o affair_n jesus_n camp_n â—p_n ad_fw-la everg._n merc._n prepos_n gener._n societatiâ—_n jesus_n as_o campâ—an_v before_o he_o be_v apprehend_v here_o among_o we_o glori_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o from_o his_o youth_n be_v devote_v to_o saint_n john_n the_o baptist_n be_v thus_o and_o thus_o protect_v by_o his_o aid_n diu._n 2._o that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o resemble_v or_o worship_n god_n in_o any_o image_n or_o similitude_n 2._o the_o ground_n of_o this_o commandment_n be_v the_o true_a god_n be_v in_o comprehensible_a and_o incomparable_a in_o majesty_n and_o glory_n and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v liken_v or_o resemble_v to_o any_o creature_n whatsoever_o without_o great_a disparagement_n and_o most_o heinous_a derogation_n unto_o his_o glory_n the_o which_o thing_n we_o 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to_o make_v any_o resemblance_n or_o representation_n of_o himself_o the_o which_o enormity_n yet_o for_o all_o this_o when_o it_o be_v commit_v by_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o wilderness_n when_o they_o turn_v even_o their_o glory_n into_o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o calâ—e_n 20_o psa_fw-la 106._o 20_o that_o eat_v â—ay_n the_o lord_n be_v so_o highe_o offend_v therewith_n that_o have_v not_o moses_n his_o servant_n rise_v up_o in_o the_o gap_n his_o fierce_a wrath_n will_v have_v break_v forth_o against_o they_o to_o their_o utter_a destruction_n as_o also_o when_o the_o same_o enormity_n be_v commit_v by_o the_o gentile_n when_o they_o in_o like_a manner_n turn_v the_o glorâ—e_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a god_n into_o the_o similitude_n of_o a_o image_n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 23._o of_o a_o corruptible_a man_n and_o of_o bird_n and_o of_o four_o footed_a beast_n and_o of_o creep_a thing_n albeit_o they_o do_v it_o ignorant_o through_o unbelief_n yet_o 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