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lib._n 10._o cap._n 26._o &_o ult_n and_o enarr_o in_o psal_n 96_o etc._n etc._n and_o he_o commend_v the_o epistle_n of_o gregory_n to_o seren_n whereof_o mention_n be_v before_o in_o century_n 7._o chap._n 3._o and_o pag._n 699_o he_o say_v we_o account_v it_o impiety_n to_o adore_v a_o creature_n or_o to_o give_v it_o any_o part_n of_o divine_a service_n and_o with_o a_o loud_a voice_n we_o proclaim_v that_o the_o doer_n of_o such_o a_o crime_n shall_v be_v detest_v and_o anathematise_v and_o pag._n 701._o it_o be_v the_o crime_n of_o impiety_n to_o worship_v any_o other_o but_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n 3._o at_o the_o same_o time_n agobard_fw-mi be_v bishop_n of_o lion_n he_o take_v part_n with_o lotharius_n against_o his_o father_n and_o therefore_o be_v depose_v after_o the_o reconciliation_n he_o be_v restore_v and_o be_v a_o man_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o the_o kingdom_n his_o work_n be_v print_v at_o 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