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lib._n 10._o cap._n 26._o &_o ult_n and_o enarr_o in_o psal_n 96_o etc._n etc._n and_o he_o commend_v the_o epistle_n of_o gregory_n to_o seren_n whereof_o mention_n be_v before_o in_o century_n 7._o chap._n 3._o and_o pag._n 699_o he_o say_v we_o account_v it_o impiety_n to_o adore_v a_o creature_n or_o to_o give_v it_o any_o part_n of_o divine_a service_n and_o with_o a_o loud_a voice_n we_o proclaim_v that_o the_o doer_n of_o such_o a_o crime_n shall_v be_v detest_v and_o anathematise_v and_o pag._n 701._o it_o be_v the_o crime_n of_o impiety_n to_o worship_v any_o other_o but_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n 3._o at_o the_o same_o time_n agobard_fw-mi be_v bishop_n of_o lion_n he_o take_v part_n with_o lotharius_n against_o his_o father_n and_o therefore_o be_v depose_v after_o the_o reconciliation_n he_o be_v restore_v and_o be_v a_o man_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o great_a affair_n of_o the_o kingdom_n his_o work_n be_v print_v at_o 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need_v to_o say_v for_o themselves_o forgive_v we_o our_o debt_n he_o be_v large_a against_o the_o worship_n of_o image_n pag._n 237._o image_n worship_n of_o image_n one_o will_v say_v i_o think_v not_o that_o there_o be_v any_o godhead_n in_o the_o image_n which_o i_o adore_v but_o i_o worship_v it_o for_o his_o sake_n who_o image_n it_o be_v i_o answer_v if_o the_o image_n be_v not_o god_n it_o shall_v no_o way_n be_v worship_v as_o it_o be_v to_o honour_v the_o saint_n who_o no_o way_n will_v admit_v divine_a honour_n to_o themselves_o pag._n 251._o let_v god_n be_v adore_v worship_v and_o reverence_v by_o believer_n let_v sacrifice_n be_v give_v to_o he_o only_o ...._o let_v angel_n and_o holy_a man_n be_v love_v and_o honour_v with_o love_n and_o not_o with_o such_o service_n pag._n 254._o the_o orthodox_n father_n for_o avoid_v such_o superstition_n do_v right_o ordain_v that_o no_o picture_n shall_v be_v in_o a_o church_n lest_o that_o which_o be_v worship_v and_o adore_v be_v paint_v on_o wall_n bellarmin_n de_fw-fr scriptor_n eccles_n sect_n 9_o speak_v of_o jonas_n epist_n aurelia_n say_v ionas_n and_o other_o bishop_n of_o france_n in_o that_o age_n be_v overtake_v with_o agobert_n error_n by_o the_o jesuit_n confession_n then_o many_o bishop_n of_o france_n be_v against_o the_o present_a error_n of_o rome_n 7._o angelom_o a_o monk_n of_o luxovia_n and_o of_o much_o read_n at_o the_o entreaty_n of_o drogo_n epist_n meten_v write_v many_o book_n in_o 3_o reg._n cap._n 19_o he_o say_v as_o the_o word_n the_o word_n body_n can_v live_v without_o nourishment_n so_o neither_o can_v the_o soul_n live_v without_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o none_o by_o his_o own_o strength_n be_v able_a to_o do_v ourselves_o no_o good_a of_o ourselves_o good_a nor_o resist_v the_o devil_n yea_o if_o he_o attempt_v to_o lift_v up_o himself_o against_o the_o lord_n he_o lose_v the_o good_a which_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v ibid._n cap._n 25._o as_o it_o 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