64 Theft&,nJcomm4111lt.mtlll. manwUl be~ fo foolHh, as to fay to the Hone; arife. But in.;. deed theydqfay fa :for in that theykneele downe to themJ andknocktheir breafis beforethcm, at'ld creepe vnto them: all this -implieth, Jhat they hope to fpcede t·he better for . that wood or flone, andby that me1nes to get themfelues fome good:-and this is all one; as ift~ey_ lhould fay,awak~, arife, and helpe. Wee would count him afoolHh perfon,thac weuld fay, I wiiJ goe to yonder !lone, and fpeake to it, and entreate it, that at my requdl, it would take fome p_aines to do me good : but nowwhofoeuer goes to it, kneeles.bctore lr, kiffeth it, offers acandlevnto it, or any fuch like; is euen as abfurd. For in fo doing>he~ fbewes that he tktinkes that none can·adfe, and hath fome power to btdie ·him, and fland him in Heed, therefore God giucs him his wages for his worke, and fa·ith :he is accurfed. · But how vnfit Schole-maflers Idols are to.teach·any lef ... fon in Gods fe-ruice,andhow vnable to put vs in minde of God, the Prophet· D~1eitl· declares: when hee lhewes, that theybee fo farre;from refembling theMaieHie 'ofGtld 1 as that they bee altoge-ther vnlike to him, and farrc infe– riour to abaf(' man. For Pfolm. 13 5. IS· hee faith, Tht !a'41.t •f the heAthen4re{il11er andgold, eNen thew1rlzyofmenJhandt. They bee but the workeof man .ac the mofi: and thercfore 1 ·inferiour, and leife than men: for ahvaies, the worke is in– feriour to .the maker-of it, whereas ·a .teacher· fi1ould bee fuperiourto the learner. 11hen hee·defcribes them with & defcdption, farre vnmeete for that which lhould re(em– lt.Je God ; and put· v-s in minde .of him: (faith h!"e) 'TbeJ haHe tyeillnafte.nlt, tares-anahearenot, hAndJ-4ndh~nd!t"''' (j-G. 'and fo (faith he~) ltrt afl ·rhoft that ·11111k.f them, ~md l'fHft ;,thtm : that is, hope by their meaaes, to fare the better: thig.kc,; bykiffing; knocking an~kneeling, &c. vnto them, to get an)' benefir.Jdolaters, and Idoll makers, will you know what th~y bee? they haueeyesand fee not., eares and n heare nor, mouthes, and fpeake not; they .haue· no vfe.of foule or bodie: for, iftheyhad, theywouldneuer be .fobafe minded as to.hope for any good frotn llockes_;tnd fiones, or look( to~ec helpedbythem.~ And thefe bee the fchollers, ·· - thac
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