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ingenium_fw-la tuum_fw-la immolas_fw-la illis_fw-la sudorem_fw-la tuum_fw-la libas_fw-la illis_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la accendis_fw-la plus_fw-fr es_fw-la illis_fw-la quam_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la cùm_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la habeant_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la thou_o pretend_v that_o thou_o do_v not_o worship_v they_o but_o thou_o do_v worship_v they_o who_o make_v they_o that_o they_o may_v be_v worship_v and_o thou_o worship_v they_o not_o with_o the_o breath_n of_o some_o most_o vile_a steam_n but_o with_o thy_o own_o neither_o with_o a_o soul_n of_o a_o beast_n but_o thou_o to_o they_o thou_o sacrifice_a thy_o wit_n and_o part_n to_o they_o thou_o offere_v up_o thy_o sweat_n as_o a_o kind_n of_o drink-offering_a to_o they_o thou_o light_a thy_o prudence_n as_o a_o taper_n thou_o be_v more_o to_o they_o than_o a_o priest_n because_o it_o be_v by_o thy_o mean_n they_o have_v one_o but_o because_o at_o the_o same_o time_n i_o show_v it_o unlawful_a to_o worship_v a_o image_n i_o 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they_o and_o first_o of_o all_o though_o some_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v so_o wary_a as_o not_o to_o undertake_v the_o defence_n of_o worship_v the_o image_n itself_o or_o at_o least_o not_o with_o that_o worship_n that_o be_v proper_a unto_o god_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o considerable_a number_n of_o they_o and_o those_o too_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a who_o roundly_o assert_v the_o give_v the_o same_o honour_n to_o the_o image_n which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o it_o represent_v of_o this_o sort_n be_v aquinas_n azorius_fw-la cajetan_n lactantius_n and_o andradius_fw-la as_o dr._n crackenthorp_n 63._o crackenthorp_n defence_n eccl._n anglic._n contra_fw-la archiep._n spalat_n cap._n 63._o have_v evidence_v out_o of_o their_o own_o write_n but_o be_v it_o that_o what_o they_o suggest_v be_v real_o true_a as_o to_o the_o wise_a and_o better_a sort_n of_o they_o and_o neither_o defend_v nor_o practise_v by_o they_o yet_o as_o the_o same_o learned_a man_n have_v observe_v ibid._n observe_v ibid._n many_o of_o the_o common_a sort_n terminate_v their_o worship_n in_o the_o very_a image_n themselves_o which_o whilst_o those_o in_o authority_n go_v not_o about_o either_o to_o censure_v or_o remove_v they_o must_v not_o take_v it_o ill_a if_o we_o charge_v they_o with_o the_o imputation_n of_o so_o downright_a and_o stupid_a a_o idolatry_n man_n be_v just_o chargeable_a with_o those_o foul_a abomination_n which_o though_o they_o see_v they_o endeavour_v not_o to_o amend_v but_o be_v it_o three_o that_o what_o they_o allege_v be_v true_a both_o in_o the_o better_o and_o worse_a sort_n and_o that_o they_o worship_v not_o the_o image_n themselves_o but_o god_n in_o and_o by_o they_o yet_o even_o so_o they_o will_v not_o escape_v the_o imputation_n of_o idolatry_n according_a as_o i_o come_v now_o to_o show_v for_o the_o evidence_n whereof_o the_o first_o thing_n i_o shall_v allege_v be_v that_o the_o heathen_a be_v not_o guilty_a of_o any_o other_o idolatry_n than_o that_o of_o worship_v their_o god_n in_o and_o by_o they_o for_o thus_o celsus_n as_o i_o find_v he_o quote_v by_o origen_n in_o the_o seven_o of_o those_o book_n he_o write_v against_o he_o now_o they_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o the_o christian_n do_v open_o show_v their_o contempt_n of_o image_n if_o for_o this_o reason_n because_o a_o stone_n or_o a_o piece_n of_o wood_n or_o brass_n or_o gold_n which_o such_o or_o such_o a_o one_o have_v frame_v be_v not_o god_n their_o wisdom_n be_v ridiculous_a for_o what_o other_o person_n that_o be_v not_o perfect_o a_o fool_n look_v upon_o those_o thing_n as_o god_n and_o not_o rather_o as_o thing_n dedicate_v to_o and_o image_n of_o the_o god_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n do_v maimonides_n discourse_n in_o his_o more_n nevochim_n chap._n 36._o moreover_o say_v he_o as_o to_o what_o concern_v idolater_n you_o know_v that_o none_o of_o they_o worship_n the_o idol_n with_o this_o opinion_n as_o if_o they_o 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seem_v sometime_o of_o the_o same_o persuasion_n witness_v 66._o witness_v vid._n crack_n def._n ecclesiae_fw-la angl._n contr_n archiep_n spalat_n cap._n 66._o their_o attribute_v to_o their_o image_n the_o power_n of_o speak_v with_o the_o work_v of_o several_a miracle_n a_o 77._o a_o reinold_n de_fw-fr rom._n eccles_n idololatr_n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o par_fw-fr 77._o learned_a man_n of_o our_o own_o nation_n have_v demonstrate_v that_o the_o heathen_n have_v not_o that_o opinion_n of_o their_o image_n unless_o of_o some_o few_o that_o be_v consecrate_v by_o magic_a art_n so_o that_o still_o there_o will_v remain_v the_o same_o consent_n between_o the_o heathen_n and_o idolatrous_a christian_n and_o either_o both_o be_v absolve_v from_o idolatry_n or_o neither_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o some_o passage_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n 2._o father_n vid._n grot._n explic_a dec._n praec_fw-la 2._o give_v