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And as the gates are made sure on every side upon one that hath offended the king, or like a dead man carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be stripped by thieves.
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Therefore fear them not. For as a vessel that a man uses when it is broken becometh useless, even so are their gods:
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When they are placed in the house, their eyes are full of dust by the feet of them that go in.
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And as the gates are made sure on every side upon one that hath offended the king, or like a dead man carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be stripped by thieves.
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They light candles to them, and in great number, of which they cannot see one: but they are like beams in the house.
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And they say that the creeping things which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, while they eat them and their garments, and they feel it not.