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they_o be_v able_a to_o work_v miracle_n and_o give_v health_n and_o for_o that_o cause_n they_o worship_v they_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v obtain_v some_o such_o benefit_n at_o their_o hand_n and_o their_o simplicity_n be_v so_o great_a that_o they_o worship_n with_o great_a devotion_n fair_a image_n then_o foul_a new_a then_o old_a those_o that_o be_v adorn_v with_o gold_n and_o purple_a than_o those_o that_o be_v naked_a and_o bare_a yea_o they_o make_v vow_n and_o bind_v themselves_o to_o go_v a_o pilgrimage_n now_o to_o this_o now_o to_o that_o church_n in_o regard_n of_o certain_a image_n suppose_v that_o great_a virtue_n do_v shine_v forth_o in_o one_o than_o another_o 24._o thus_o do_v this_o learned_a man_n together_o with_o the_o two_o former_a describe_v the_o miserable_a idolatry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o be_v commit_v by_o the_o worship_v of_o image_n they_o be_v all_o three_o romanist_n and_o no_o doubt_n but_o will_v speak_v of_o their_o own_o 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