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to_o be_v god_n but_o only_o worship_v their_o god_n in_o their_o image_n thus_o cicero_n ascribe_v the_o make_v image_n of_o their_o god_n in_o humane_a shape_n to_o their_o superstition_n 27._o ut_fw-la essent_fw-la simulacra_fw-la quae_fw-la vener_n ant_n deos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la se_fw-la adire_fw-la crederent_fw-la that_o they_o may_v have_v image_n to_o make_v their_o address_n to_o as_o if_o the_o god_n themselves_o be_v present_a and_o maximus_n tyrius_n give_v a_o large_a account_n of_o their_o image_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 38._o that_o they_o be_v all_o but_o so_o many_o picture_n and_o representation_n of_o the_o deity_n to_o bring_v we_o to_o the_o conception_n of_o he_o and_o it_o matter_n not_o what_o the_o image_n be_v so_o it_o bring_v god_n to_o our_o thought_n and_o direct_v our_o worship_n to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d celsus_n and_o julian_n deny_v that_o they_o think_v their_o image_n to_o be_v god_n and_o so_o do_v the_o heathen_n in_o arnobius_n 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