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For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
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For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.
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For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.
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For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
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Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.