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which_o yet_o they_o think_v to_o be_v true_a one_o and_o pretend_v to_o revelation_n for_o it_o say_v maimonides_n as_o this_o which_o be_v take_v up_o upon_o the_o word_n of_o scripture_n though_o in_o a_o mistake_a and_o as_o i_o conceive_v impossible_a because_o contradictory_a sense_n i_o shall_v now_o define_v no_o further_o then_o by_o say_v these_o two_o thing_n 66_o first_o that_o the_o heathen_a idolatry_n be_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o many_o false_a god_n first_o and_o then_o of_o the_o image_n of_o they_o the_o former_a of_o which_o these_o man_n be_v not_o say_v or_o think_v to_o be_v guilty_a of_o second_o that_o the_o more_o the_o conscience_n believe_v this_o error_n to_o be_v a_o truth_n of_o god_n and_o the_o more_o innocent_o it_o come_v to_o that_o belief_n the_o easy_a in_o all_o probability_n will_v the_o sentence_n be_v another_o day_n that_o ignorance_n or_o mistake_n which_o sincere_o and_o honest_o without_o mixture_n of_o carnal_a principle_n or_o design_n 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