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same_o place_n hierome_n note_v these_o as_o two_o distinct_a thing_n deos_fw-la coli_fw-la imagine_v adorari_fw-la quod_fw-la utrunque_fw-la seruis_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la convenit_fw-la for_o the_o god_n to_o be_v worship_v and_o the_o image_n to_o be_v adore_v both_o of_o which_o do_v not_o beseem_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n 2._o lactantius_n urge_v these_o reason_n against_o idolatry_n 1._o imago_fw-la hominis_fw-la tum_fw-la videtur_fw-la necessaria_fw-la cum_fw-la procul_fw-la abest_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o image_n of_o a_o man_n be_v then_o think_v to_o be_v necessary_a when_o he_o be_v absent_a and_o far_o off_o but_o than_o it_o be_v superfluous_a when_o he_o be_v present_a and_o at_o hand_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v every_o where_o disperse_v can_v never_o be_v absent_a therefore_o a_o image_n of_o god_n be_v always_o superfluous_a lib._n 2._o institut_n c._n 2._o 2._o image_n be_v but_o the_o portraiture_n and_o picture_n of_o man_n now_o it_o be_v inconvenient_a ut_fw-la simulachrum_fw-la hominis_fw-la à _fw-la simulachro_fw-la dei_fw-la homine_fw-la adoretur_fw-la that_o the_o image_n of_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v worship_v of_o man_n who_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n l._n 2._o instit_n c._n 18._o 3._o worshipper_n of_o image_n do_v offend_v in_o these_o 3._o thing_n 1._o in_o worship_v that_o which_o be_v not_o god_n for_o the_o image_n and_o idol_n which_o they_o worship_v be_v not_o god_n so_o jerem._n c._n 2._o charge_v the_o israelite_n because_o they_o dig_v unto_o they_o pit_n which_o can_v hold_v no_o water_n 2._o they_o offend_v quando_fw-la colitur_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la solus_fw-la when_o god_n be_v worship_v but_o not_o only_o as_o the_o israelite_n in_o elias_n time_n serve_v god_n and_o baal_n together_o which_o he_o call_v a_o halt_n between_o two_o opinion_n 1._o king_n 18._o 3._o though_o they_o intend_v god_n worship_n only_o yet_o they_o sin_n in_o worship_v he_o after_o a_o other_o