• What Images, and whatUJe of Images u Unlawful or Lawful. 8. "fbe Image ofan ovtr-bonoured or falfly honouredptr{on, ( tb~ugb ;tot "adored J moly not be fo madt, placed or ufid, aJ undcth to tempt othtrr alfo to fuch honour. As of Mahomet, or ApoUoni«!, (as Alrxand(,r Severu1 placed him and others, with Abraham and Cbrijl in his Larariumor Chappel). And many give roo much honour by Images to Alexandtr, C~Jar, and fuch other great thieves and murdtrers of mankind. 9· It UttnlawfJd to mak,e lafciviouJ Images of nak!d pcrfons, and place or ufc thtm fo, aJ tcndcth to be a temptation to luft or immodefty• A common tin of pcrfons of unclean immaginations:. 10. It i1alfo ~enlawful fo to reprejfnt Playr, pompous hon9urs, fple11diJ.cl6athing or buildhrgr aJ trndttb more to ttmpt the beholders to fin[Pil defiru, than toanygood. I l. It UunlawfHl to place Images in Churcbu or in {tcret htforr our eyes when we are Wor,P1ipping God, when it tendeth to corrupt the imaJ!.inationl or by poffiffing it, to hinder tht [piritual exercifc of the mind. Which is rhe 01dinary effect of Images. 12· It is unl~wfitl to uft Images [caJtdaliJHjly, a1any of the afore{uid {imters u[t them, thoug/, we do it not with the fame iment. Thar is, fo to ufe them, as is intcrpfet:uively or in outward appearance the fame with their ufe: Bccaufc by fo doing we !hall difhonour God as they do, and harden them in fin. Therefore Images in Churches or in Oratories in rhofe Counueys whefc others ufe rhem finfully) or ncer fuch Countreys, where the fame may harden men in their fin, is evil. 13• It is unlawful tomall! TaNfmans or jhaptJ, ..pon fal[efuppojitinns tbat the vtry jhape natucaCy diffio{tth the matter toreceive fucb ir~fiuencu of the Star;, by which it jhaU_prtflrve men from plaguer, fire, wild-btajls, [erpenll, difeafes, or ]haY otherwi[e work,. wonders; for w hiCh Gaffarel vamly pleaderh at large: fuch as they call naturally Magical and charming !hapes. . 14· Much more ttHiawful i1 it purpofely 10 mall! jhapes 10 be Symbols or l•ftruments by which the De- · vil jhaU operate, whether it be for good or evil; It being unlawful fo hr to ufc him 15. S9 Hit to malte [uch jhaper on conceit that God, orgolJd Angels wiVopetate in or by them ; As feme ufc the Crofs or other Imat,ts ro defend them from Devils, to cure the worh-a,hc o_r other difea1es, or fuch like ufe : when God hath neilher appointed any fuch means to be ufcd, for {uch ends, nor pro... mifed any fuch bldfing or operation by them. 16. It i1 unlawful to place the Image 9[ 8 tutelary Saim or Angel ill Hnu[e, Church or Town, on[uppo– Jition tbllt wejhaU be the fafir while that Image i1 there placed:, or elfe to pro[tJi our truft in th:Jt par– ticular gu.zrdian. Becaufe no man knoweth what Angt:l God dmh make his Guardian, nor can we diftinguifh them ; Much Iefs that he inakerh fuch or fuch a Saint our Guardian•. And mens own ( foolifh ) choofing fuch a one to be their Guardian, will not make them fo. Nor bath God ap– pointed or promifed ro blefs any fuch imagery. '7· It i1 (inful to w[e fucb amorous Imagu of the per{<nt! towords whom your luft is kjndlcd, as ~tndeth to increa[e or k!•P 11p tbatlllj!, or to mak!·"proft!Jion or oftentation of it. As Lufiful perfons ufe to cury or keep the pictures ef thofe on whom th<y dote. 18. It is uHltJr¥1/Hl to mt~~ {Hch ufe of the pillurer of our dcceafitl friends, as tmdetb to incrta[t our in9rdinate furrow for them. 19• It i1 u~tlawfitl to mak.! [Hch Imager, Monument/ ot Memorials of the beft and bolieft perfonr or Mart)rl, a.s may en'da11ger or tempt men to ""Y i;wrdina:e vtncralion, tf, or confidence in the per{oils honoured. 20· Inward Images of God imprinted on the pha~ttafie are finful; And [o are other [uch falfc andfinf~<l Imagu as t1{orementioned, tbougb they be not made exttrnaLJ fer theufe of the eye. · 21· I think it is unlawful to make an Image, or any equal infiitutcd fign to be the publick com– mon Symbol of the Chrifiian Religion (though it be bur a Profe!ling fign: ) Becaufe God having al– ready infiituted the Symbols or publick Tr.!Jer.e of our Chrifiian profdlion or Religion, it is ufurpari– on to do the like without his commiffion. As the King having made the wearing of a George and Star the Badge of rhe Order of theGarttr, would rake it ill, if any !hall make another Badge of the Order, much more if they impofe it on all of the Order; though I prcfume not to condemn ir. 2 chr6n.po. 1 • All Images painted or Engraven are not unla":Yful. For God him{elf commanded an? all?wcd Mar. 22. 20· the ufe of many in the Old Tdtamcm. AndChnfi repreAendcth not c~{arJ Image on h1s Com. Nu~b 2.1. 9· 2 • The civil ufe of Images in Coins, fign~ports, banners, ornaments of Buildings, or of Books, or 2 ~~ngs 16·~1· Chambers, or Gardens, is not unlawful. ~6 ~~~ 73~ ' 3• As the word [Image] is taken in general for figntJ, there is no quelHon butthey are frequently r8; 19: > to be ufed : As all a mansword1 are the Imagu, that is, the fignifiefs of his mind; And all a mans writings are the fame made vifible. It is therefore a blind confounding errour of fome now among us (otherwife very fobc:r good men) who accufe all Forms of prayer, and of Preaching as finful, becaufe (fay they) they are Idols, or Images of PrJyer and of Preaching: They ue neither tngravcn norpaiHted Imaguof any Creature: But all words are or fhould be jigJtts of the [pea~ers mind. And if you will fecundum quid call only the inw.;rd Dcfires by the name ot Prayer, then the words ere che fignes of fuch prayer. But becaufe Prayer in the fUll fenfe i< Drfire expre.!Jed, therefore rho cxpreffions are nOtthejignes of fuch prayer, but part of theprayer it [elf,· as the budy IS of the man : nor ts a form, that is, fore·conceived or premeditated words ( wh~ther in mind or Writi~g) ~ny more an_ImJge of prayer, than extemporateprayer ii. All words arc figncs, bur neva the more for bemg premc:dttated, or written. And iCCOrding to this opinion, all Books are finfullmages, and all Sermon-notes, and the Printing of the Bible it felf, and all pious Leuersof one friend ro another, and all ~arc:chi{ins: StranS'!rs will hardly believe, that fo monfirous an opinion as this, Chould in thefe vr:ry mfiances be maintained,
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