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lib._n 7._o epis_fw-la 53._o prostrate_a before_o it_o not_o as_o it_o be_v before_o the_o divinity_n what_o have_v bell_n get_v by_o vouch_v the_o authority_n of_o s._n gregory_n about_o the_o retain_v of_o image_n in_o church_n he_o be_v direct_o against_o he_o as_o he_o can_v not_o deny_v concern_v their_o adoration_n also_o he_o nothing_o help_v he_o but_o teach_v that_o which_o nothing_o please_v his_o reform_a spirit_n and_o therefore_o true_a it_o be_v not_o that_o he_o reprove_v the_o worship_n do_v to_o image_n as_o bell_n affirm_v speak_v of_o that_o worship_n which_o the_o church_n allow_v as_o the_o minister_n will_v have_v his_o reader_n to_o think_v for_o the_o other_o worship_n we_o detest_v as_o much_o as_o he_o albeit_o sufficient_a have_v be_v say_v to_o she_o we_o that_o he_o wrong_v s._n gregory_n yet_o be_v not_o this_o the_o untruth_n which_o i_o intend_v
quote_v durandus_fw-la in_o the_o margin_n who_o notorious_o he_o abuse_v as_o also_o pope_n sergius_n for_o durandus_fw-la be_v so_o far_o from_o say_v 6._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o that_o this_o be_v do_v that_o the_o christian_a roman_n shall_v not_o be_v inferior_a to_o the_o pagan_a roman_n in_o heathenish_a superstition_n as_o bell_n write_v that_o he_o affirm_v pope_n sergius_n to_o have_v change_v that_o paganicall_a fashion_n in_o melius_fw-la into_o a_o better_a thing_n signifyinge_v plain_o that_o this_o ceremony_n be_v institute_v for_o the_o abolishinge_v of_o that_o heathenish_a custom_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n so_o far_o from_o just_a reprehension_n that_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v most_o highe_o to_o be_v commend_v as_o a_o most_o religious_a policy_n tend_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o superstition_n and_o increase_v of_o piety_n and_o devotion_n neither_o do_v durandus_fw-la make_fw-mi this_o the_o only_a cause_n of_o that_o ceremony_n for_o the_o reckon_v up_o 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