- r then,it is not the feare ofQod that hath reprelfedit•i but the pqfitiue lawha.th a little reflrained it: \1\'hich ifit be remoued,their lull will bre3ke foonh as much, as in former tir:ne it did; as it was feeneby the Ifraclites in thewildemes. Therefore thofc that h~ue· c?mmirted it, mull be truly hum.. bled for it,and labou-r for aHurance ofpardon. And though menwifl fay, they did it of a good intent, in a ·good mea.. ning, and in loue toChrift: yet all thefe - e~cufcs will not ferue the turne. le were an ill excufc ofawife to fay; fhee ' loucd her husband <'xceedingly, and therefore in his ab. fence Jhe mufl haue others,to fee them,and looke on them, a-nd en1bra.c~ them; and all this in loue to her ·husband. The. husband would fcarfe thinke \?-'ell o:ft,bi-siotie,yea,it would be moll abominable.ynto -him._And it.is muchworfe to ldi{f' an Idoll,and bowe downc to ir, and then fay,it was for loue to Chrift.. T~erefore) a}fowe muftlabour to get the true aud fouri<L knowJ~d-gej()fGot:J, qut of hiS; Word, and a feruentloue iof; ~i.Q1~ Por)till them,a ~an ~s in_danger -to fall to Idolatrie~.But ifone fee CbriH in his Word, and ·know his fpirituall pro– pettjes, then bee fl1all -fay, -as theChurch, hi Hof. 14.8.r--rhat ha11e wee 11 doe a":Y ~ore wit~ ldfJ(J? wee haue heard God, and foene God. For the_n wee lhaii fee better and moreex-cellent things 'in him,then can be found in any Image. Bur till this . knowledge beobtained, wee are not well fenced againll I– dolatrie. As in thenaturall mariage, the wife is fure from a.. dulterie,if fue loue her husband, but til~ then, fbe lies open ·to adulterers:.Sp Hands the cafe betw-ixt Chriftand vs:Then are we fafe from Idols, whe~1 wee haue gotren aferuent loue ofChrlfl: Many will boldly fay, What? Bow downc to an Idol!? kneele to a Hock or a fione? fure1fhall ncuer doe it• .But as goo.d as~ you haue done it; and what caufe or reafmt haue you to thin.ke you lhall not? Haue you feene Chrifi defcd~.ed i~ the ,Wor9? Haue you felt him, and recciuc:d his bodie and _b1ood in theSacr3ments?Ifyou haLJe beheld his excellent ~eautie in .t.b.efe meanes,you.will abhorrean Ido-11-' as an vgly thit:Jg: a.nd if your foule 1oue Chrio, -and finde ~irn in t~efe t~ings, _ y()u_will ncuer fall . t~ ·this fildunelle, · .. · - · but _v
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