their Councils abridged. Z33 Council, [ Imaginem totam eleelam, viz. fubflantiam panic mandavit apponi, ne fcilicet, humana effigie figurata, idololatria induceretur. ] A Deo tradita ImagoGarnis epos panis f ilicet Diviner impletus eft Spiritu Santfo, cum poculo quoque fanguines lateris illius vivifcantis. Flee igitur vera incarnata d en- fationisChrifti Dei nofiri Imago flout predielum eft, quam ipfe nobis veras na- turn vividus Creator propria voce tradidit. 7 3. Note alto ( Grab. p. 08. 8. ) that the Conftantin. Council plead, "That this ufe of Images began neither by the Tradition of Chr /, nor of the 1e Apoftles, nor of the Fathers : And that theAnßver faith, that " [ The Vene- e' ration of Images was delivered with many other things without Scripture, `[from the Apoftles time, &c. Here note r. How'thofePapifts ( in particular which I have elfewhere anfwered) are confuted, who fay that [ Tradition is univerfal, fure, known, confiant, and- noChurches pleaded Traditions againft each other, at leaft in necef- fary things or Faith ; but if we have not the right now, it mull be becaufe the Councils went all to Bed in one mind, and rote in another.] You fee here that the 2d Ntoene Council took the Dohrine of the former to be Anathe- matized Heretic; and that 338 Bifhops in one of the Councils, ( and' the molt under many Emperors) and 35-o Bithops in the other Council,pleaded Tradition againft each other. But furé any Man that bath read theFathers of the firfl 3 ob or 4oo years,wili eafily fee which of them was in theright, excepting. the fign of the Crofs. 2.. Note alfa that it is hereconfeffed, that there is no Scriptural Tradition of this ufe of Images. § 74. In theDefinitions of the Conftantine Council it is to be noted, r. That-they arenot fo much againft the interceflion of theVirgin Ma- ry, or Saints, as the Proteftantsmolly are, nor as the Papilla make them: For (Crab. p.589.-) they fay Defin. r 5, [ If any confefs not holy Mary ever a- Virgin, properly and truly the Parent of God, and fuperior to every Creature vifible and invifible (* ), and Both not with a fincere Faith crave her Inter-- (`)What F ceons, ar having this libertywith him that is born of her, God , let him be fuperior Anathema. toChrift's And Defin. r 7. [If any confefs not that all who from the beginning to this H ?How day, before the Law, and under the Law, and in the Gracegivensof God, being prove ÿou Saints are venerable in the prefence of God in foul, and -body ( ), anddoth that the is notleek their intercefons, as having liberty with God to intercedefor the world fuperior according to Eccleftaffical Tradition, let himbe Anathema.] Were not thefe to the Men high enough. in Creature-woríhip , to &cape the Curfe of Here- Affil ticks? ngels ? 2. I noted beforehow theydo Defin. 7. conclude, that Chrift's Body g1ó- thebodies rifled is not proper Fla, and yet not incorporeal, but his trueBody: of all- § 75. That you may fèe that this.Council were of one mind, in the con-, aÌréadÿ c ufion they all lay, Omnes fc credimus ; raves idem Jàpimus ; Omnes op- r;f:n ? H h probando
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