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it_o and_o it_o can_v rescue_v itself_o from_o they_o and_o their_o power_n no_o more_o than_o the_o god_n make_v of_o a_o piece_n of_o a_o tree_n can_v may_v it_o not_o as_o well_o be_v say_v to_o these_o as_o to_o those_o heathen_a idolater_n remember_v this_o and_o show_v yourselves_o man_n bring_v it_o again_o to_o mind_n o_o you_o transgressor_n isai_n 46.8_o for_o be_v not_o these_o man_n every_o whit_n as_o much_o infatuate_v as_o those_o person_n or_o worse_o for_o there_o they_o take_v a_o piece_n of_o a_o tree_n the_o workmanship_n of_o god_n more_o immediate_o and_o have_v burn_v part_n of_o it_o in_o the_o fire_n and_o roast_a meat_n and_o warm_v themselves_o with_o it_o they_o make_v another_o part_n of_o it_o into_o a_o image_n or_o similitude_n of_o something_o and_o set_v it_o up_o and_o consecrate_a it_o with_o some_o word_n or_o charm_n and_o then_o they_o call_v it_o their_o god_n they_o pray_v to_o it_o and_o say_v deliver_v i_o for_o thou_o be_v my_o god_n isa_n 44.14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o give_v it_o divine_a worship_n perhaps_o they_o may_v think_v as_o the_o papist_n do_v that_o after_o they_o have_v consecrate_a it_o it_o be_v transubstantiate_v too_o and_o cease_v to_o be_v wood_n the_o matter_n and_o substance_n of_o that_o be_v go_v and_o it_o be_v thenceforth_o not_o a_o block_n or_o wood_n but_o real_o a_o god_n and_o have_v power_n to_o help_v and_o save_v its_o worshipper_n as_o the_o poet_n deride_o sing_v of_o their_o priapus_n olim_fw-la truncus_fw-la eram_fw-la ficulnus_fw-la inutile_fw-la lignum_fw-la cùm_fw-la faber_n incertus_fw-la scamnum_fw-la faceret_fw-la né_fw-fr priapum_fw-la maluit_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la whence_o it_o may_v say_v
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