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definition_n thereof_o xxxv_o the_o application_n of_o the_o heathen_a idolatry_n to_o this_o definition_n beside_o his_o present_a scope_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o we_o demonstrative_o have_v show_v the_o sundry_a idolatry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o their_o worship_v the_o image_n of_o christ_n in_o their_o worship_v and_o invocate_a saint_n and_o angel_n and_o in_o their_o adoration_n of_o the_o eucharist_n and_o in_o virtue_n of_o the_o same_o definition_n the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o heathen_a may_v be_v as_o clear_o demonstrate_v in_o their_o worship_v the_o supreme_a god_n by_o image_n and_o in_o their_o religious_a worship_n they_o do_v to_o daemon_n which_o this_o definition_n will_v prove_v to_o be_v divine_a but_o this_o will_v be_v quite_o beside_o my_o present_a purpose_n and_o neither_o useful_a nor_o suitable_a to_o the_o subject_n in_o hand_n xxxvi_o the_o great_a difference_n betwixt_o religious_a respect_n and_o preference_n and_o divine_a worship_n it_o 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