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is to be invocated. 67 both God and man. Since our Saviour Chrift was whole per- incarnate and did p.erfonally and infeparably unite fon, h and not n iis nia unto himfelf the humane nature , his whole perfon hoo onen. as he is asdv3pcosQ- or Immanuel, God manifefled in the flefh, is to be worfhipped by one and the fafne at of invocation and worfhip, without feparati- on or divifion. The Papifls have found out a pe- culiar worfhip for the humanitie of Chrift, and for the bleffed Virgin, which they call úIrspdtgxefx. But the humanitie of Chrift, as it doth not fubfift of it . felf, fo are we not feverally to worfhip it with Ne- ftorius,but the whole perfon both God and man:But yet, fo as that our prayer be not direted to the hu- manity,which is a creature,but to the Sonne of God having affumed and united unto himfelf the humane nature. So faith Cyrill, Non igitur tanquam homi- 4d Theodor nem adoramos Emmanuelem : Abfit. Deliramentum De Tea. fide: enim hoc efret,& deceptie ac error.In hoc enim nihil ferremus ab hic qui creaturam colunt ultra Conditorem Fatorem : that is, We do not therefore worfhip our Emmanuel as man alone: God forbid. For this were a dotage, a falfe conceit and errour : neither Mould we in this differ from thofe which worfhip the creature more then their Creatour and Maker. To conclude this fecond point. Whereas the whole world almoft is overflown with idolatry, as with anuniverfall deluge, the Paganes invocating a multitude offalfe gods; the Jews and Turks wor- fhipping one God, but not in the Trinitie of per - fons, nor acknowledging Jefus Chrift; the Papifts (which call themfelves the Catholick Church) in- vocating befides the true God a multitude of angels F z and