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heathen_n that_o they_o do_v no_o more_o worship_n those_o material_a object_n than_o the_o papist_n do_v bread_n 69._o bread_n non_fw-la ego_fw-la illum_fw-la lapidem_fw-la colo_fw-la nec_fw-la illud_fw-la simulachrum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la sensu_fw-la aug._n in_o psal_n 69._o i_o do_v not_o worship_v the_o senseless_a stone_n or_o image_n which_o have_v eye_n and_o see_v not_o ear_n and_o hear_v not_o say_v the_o heathen_a in_o st._n austin_n and_o in_o arnobius_n we_o do_v not_o worship_v the_o brass_n or_o the_o gold_n or_o silver_n or_o any_o of_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o our_o image_n be_v make_v gentes_fw-la make_v nos_fw-la neque_fw-la aera_fw-la neque_fw-la auri_fw-la argentique_fw-la materias_fw-la neque_fw-la alius_fw-la quibus_fw-la signa_fw-la conficiunt_fw-la eas_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la religiosa_fw-la decernimus_fw-la numina_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o his_o colimus_fw-la eosque_fw-la veneramur_fw-la quos_fw-la dedicatio_fw-la 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