_ Thejrjl Commandemenl. - 67 worke of mans fingers, and an inuention ofthe diuel1. A _ toade harh life and fenfe, wherein it fomething refembles a - man: But to fet God out by an Idolli him,tha-t is life it fe.lfc, .andgiueth life,fcnfeand moti~n to all,.b~ tha:,w~ich. is_ void - .ofall life, fenfe and motion :htm, that ts tnfinue mvn(Jomc - and pow.cr, by the workemanfhip of a weake and foolilli-· man; whata fhamefull, and horrible impiede is this, againft . his heatJ en!y Maielly·?But heere fome obiect, that indeed, _ · God rhc Father and theholy GhoHbee n1eerely fpirics, and ' cannot b-ee reprefenred by any thing : but what fay you of ·– God theSon? He tookcvponhim the natureof Man; tnay not onemake an Image ofhim? But canwe make an Image · ofChrifl,vnldfe we leaue out' the chiefe part ofhim,which is . his djuinity?For it is the-God.. head vnite4 to the manhood, . _._, ·-~ ' . that makeshim r·obe ChrHl. What were that thet1~but to fc"! · parate thofethings,whichGodbath ioyned vnfcparably to– gether? which is accurfed. And in fodoing, what difference - do we make betwixt Claifl and the thiefe, .that hung on the Cr0ffe withhim ? Therefore this is an abfurd and wretched refemblancc. But ifwe would fee 2n ImageofChriH, looke ~hrill:~';{' . vpon pooreChriHians, th3t walkevp and downe amongflt;r~f~mbk ; vs~ for,they be flefh ofhis fldb,and bone of his ,bone; and Chr!ft· jn rhcm is a liuely refemblance ofhim,and theyhaue abody ... and a~eafonable foul~,as he hath, and the 1 graces ofhis fpirit :. jn them. But for the Idoll,he that-will fay, hee can he better -– put inmind ofChri!l, bygazingo~apiCture painted on the . )N'all,or an r.magehanged vp in fome place,thanby l-ooking, '. ; :. . on poore ChriHians, for whom hee fbed his bl<>od, and lll .;· ·whomhe dwels continuallybyhis-5pi!it:he fhe~vcs himfelfe . tobe as blind and ignorant as his IdolL Siththen, Chrifl is , both God andman, and lhe _maine thing that -.makes him ,_. ChriH,is his Go.:L.hc;ad,let vs kno_w that itis awicked thin-g, _ tomakcan Image ofChriH,Jeeing that we can no way re... · . femble that which chiefly makes himChrifi. But would we Galat.J. n. 6 • fee Chriltcrucifiedbeforeour cyes,andwithall be made partakers· of the merit and efficacy-of his death and p,affio·n? Looke vpon him in the MiniHerie ofthe Word and Sacra- . n1ents_, and there wee lhall no.t oocly behold h~m, but · alfQ. .
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