Sentence:  ... some desiring to please their tyrannous Princes, put up their statues, and at distance by a phantastical presence flattered them with honours. And in process of time, these were made Gods; and the incommunicable name was given to wood and stones. Not that the Heathens thought that image to be very God, but that they were <WSD>imaginarily</WSD> present in them, and so had their Name. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  By way of an image.