. . 'Iheftc1ndC111JmAntlemtllt. "' IS that the(efchoolema-fters and thefe bookcs doe' make,,they grow at.length, to bee cuen as blockilh and foolifl1 as t-he blockes~nd flonei that theyworlhip. But hceremayarife afurtherobie&ion. Did not Si!omiJfl . makeCherubim·sin the temple, and' did net cMefos make ·the brafen Serpent ?Why then fhould Idols andIn1ages bee ·fOodious vnto vs? To this wee may·anfwer~, that God for ... ·WeemkYJ · .d not ma c bids to make an Image to our fducs : now SA!o111111 dt IIT~~e·sto not make theChe&·ubimi to himfelfe, but tG God, becaufe 9 r elues. hee had a Comm!ndement and warrant fro.nl God fo to - doe. <ie, for ~hebrafen ferpent; tMoftl made it net of his owne minde, but by the diretl:ion ofGod; fo that it wa:s no more an inucntion of man, than the Scripture.s and Sa... tr~ments are :for bee was uu·ght by the Lord how to make . it, io what forr;ne, in what place, and to what vfc. So, for theCherubhns, they wtre appointed to 6gnifie, that God had his wings as it were fpreade out, that whofoeuer would come to hitn in the Churc~, fhould finde pro– teCtion and !heIter fro_rn him, at all times. But this n1akes nothing for Idoh, to wor.lhip God by them. For, bc:caufe Sal1m1n tnadean Image at Gods appointment, may wee dtereforc tnakeone, at our owne pleafure? _And ifc.JUifol {~ vp a brafen Serpent, by Gods diretHon, may wee do~ the hke, by the dire8ion of fldh and blood ? That followes nor. But for that very Serpent that God had Cotnmaut'lded to bee fet vp, "hen mtnwould looke on it with too great a reuerence, and ha~ it in too great re– qudl, and honour, .Ht:Gechi•h was (o bold, as to pull it downe, anddeface it: and this is written as a.thing of.co,m– mendation inhim. Wee mu{l makeno Image to owr felues therfore, but ifGod bidvs,then we mufl, for then we make th~rn to God, and then ifGod fay, who required rbe(e thmgs at your hands? we mayanfwcrc with ·comfort thou diddell 0 Lord. ' Now as thedoctrine is true ingenerdl, that allIdols muft bee auoid.ed and taken heede of, fo they are mcfl dange– rous a11d damnable, and mofi to bee abhorred which are ia. greateR crciii~e and cAimatioa. As namely, fidt, fuch as . . E+ are
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