i6 Quef t ions and Anfweres • 2. Command. ftre.To g, verle.i 5, Chap . z . l S - Deutero. 4. Efay, 30,21. Generally by notituileot man, and par ticuhrly not by this. Dcucei-o.12. Efay.£9. I c o i t . l o , I. S am. 13. I ,Sam, i j . they doe,aod therefore the confequence they make, is nought , and fal lcth of i t felfe i f y ou marke i t . N o w that they are no good Bookes ,but verie dangerous and decerning fightes for lay men or other vvhatloeuer,. let the word o f the L o i d h im felfs. be Iudge. The Prophet leremie in lealc o f fpi r i t detelteth fuch Bookes,and rcfufeth to be put i n mindc o i G o d by any fuch deceitfull meanes. For theftoc\_ ( faith he ) isadottririe of vanitieyea they arevaniiie and the werke oftrrours , and in the time oftheir vißtation they fballptrfh. The Prophet ^< ; «< c ^ a g a i r c fai th, That the image is a teacher of lies though he that made it,mft in ir,&c. Shall then theBooke full o f lyes, vanities, andcrrourbce f o g ood aBook e , and icmembrarce t o l a ymen Shall tha twh i ch indangereth the learned,nothing hurt thinke wee the vnlearned £ Ot h a t we knew not by experience i nt o what fond and wi cked opinions , ppore people haue been brought o f Go d by thefepainted and earned Bookes i? H o w many heartes lament t he i r f o l l i e , and how many tongues to thepraife of Gods mercie in v i f i t i ng them wi t h his l i gh t , can , and doo t e l l , what fonde conceiptes they had o f the Lo r d and hcauenly matters , feduced by the f ight of their eyes ? Thcrfore fince G O D hath faide i t , and experience founde it . tha t they arefo dangerous , let them be Bookes for Pagans and heathens, furelye for Chr i l t ians they ftould not bee. Wh i c h of the Prophets or Apoftles went about euen to haue images made eyther to put them feines in minde of any t h i ng whi ch the Lo r d had taught them , or their people of any thing whi ch they dchuercd t o them f rom the Lo r d e : But they vfed the admoni t ion o f their brethren , andefpecially by wr i t i ng downe what they taught,they helped this inf irmi t ie ofours .Signi fyingeuenbythat t r . e i rpraèt i cewhat themeancs ought now t o b e to put vs now in minde of G o d andheauenly things , chiefly his Wo r d . The Lordhimfcl fefai th.TV? j'awe no image Jmt hea d voyce cnely: thertorc m.ike no image: Ana agah~c Tot*fatt> that I (pake toyou from He.n en , therefore yeefball make no Gods of Golde norfiner : as i f he fhould haue fa^de, my pra£hl'c in fpeakeing t o you by voyce & not by Image fhoulde teach you that by my wo r d and not by image , I am to beremembrcd. An d i t i s ano - nb l e place mf /7r i , that when the Wo r d fhal l take place w i t h hrs.thcn they fhal labhor images. And thus much, both of makmg them, andwo t f h i p i ng them. Nex t i t doth f o l l owc , that we confider how vnder this outward appearing groffe idolat r ie , arecompnfedal ldcui fedwaics and mcanes o f our felues to feme the L o r d , yea,eucn al l ,be they neuer l o glorious in oureies , and our intents neuer fo good and godly and reafonable,as wee thinkc . yct i f they be but ou r owne inuent ions , not war - ranted t o v s i n the word,heere vndcr this name o f Images they are contained,and t o . gether condemned. So that t l everyfenfe o f this ctmmandcment is this,as hath before becnefaid: by nodeui fe o l thine owne,or inuent ion wha t f o eue rw i l l l b c ferued, and namely not by Images creeled vp t o mce,or in remembrance o f mee. But euer ac all t ime s , and o f all men accordingto that rule that my felfe haue laid downe , and prefci ibed onely. Tot:fliattmt doo etiery min what feemeth good in hü offne eyes, for in vainedoemc ivcorßiip mee with traditions of men. Afofes did nothing in bu i l d i ng the materialltabernacle befidc thatwas commanded and fhewed h im. Nadah mAAbthts the fonnes o f Aaron died for prefuming o f i b.'infelues t o feme the Lorde w i t h fltange éwjntw , B o b i J « r f j o j b i b r i > i r l wq l r i h ow jrfiitdi.tiisitiirbtb•prliBoiJbup1o> . The verie heathenifb Romans had this reafon w i t h them , that i t was better for them to be qui te wi thout Chr i l l , than t o mor fhip h im, and others wi th him againP ' i s w i l l a n d l i k i n g . Andadp/'-candumdettmys opus hahent hominesc^uxHiembet, that is Topleafe ths Lordfaih LaÜzMiut, men haue need ofthofe thingsthithehim'elfe,orr.rfadeth. And aChriffian minde doth not finde a fure ffay.buc when i t heatcth, f/of dtCitDo' minnt-.Thtts faith the LordM 5^«Abreake the courfe that Go d doth appoint & o f h i mfelfe dcuife to ferue the Lo r d , be his neceflitie to doe fo.as he thinketh neuer fo great, &t l . e i n t e i l t o f his heart neuerfo holy l i ke , ccrtamelyS»»»e/ bo t h mu f l , & w i l l tel l h im t o his facc,hc hath dbr t i föol i fhly, f oT t he t o r d hath more pleafure in that his w i l l is 0 - beyed.than in all the fatlinges o f the Amalckites offered vp vnto h im o f our owne wi l s &he»des. Intents w i l not ferue.neyther vo lüur i e Rel igio ftad accepted.And therefore
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