But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Ver. 5. And break down their images.] Cromwell did notable service here in Henry VIII's time, by discovering the knavery of Popish priests, and pulling down those images and monuments of idolatry, the rood of grace, the blood of Hales, &c. And in Edward VI's days, the same day the Popish pictures were publicly burnt at Paul's Cross, the great victory was gotten by the English at Musselburgh field in Scotland. a
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