Cha . 305 the Epigle to the 'gibtmts. p 4 wife the religion of the Papia teacheth and tnaintaincth the worfhipof f1fe gods. For it giucs to Angels and Saints a fà- cultic or power to know the defines ofour hearts, to heare and hclpe vs in all places, at all times : and hereuponpraier is made 5 to them but all this is indeede the prerogatiuc and pritnledgc of the true God : and in as much as it is giuen to Angels and Saints departed , they arc fet vp in the roomeof the trueGod. Againe, that religion teacheth men to worfhip God, in, at andbefore images. And this worfhip Frefuppofethan Opi- nion or imagination that there is a God that will be prefent to heart and hdpe vs,in,at,and before images : now this God isa God deuifed by the braineof man. Papifls alleadge, that their intention is to worfhip the trueGod, theFather , Sonne, and holyGhofl. And I lay againe, that the trueGod hath rcucaled x5 his will that he loth dctet't this manner of worfhip : and there- fore the worfhip is (ladled tither to the images then-+felues, or to theGoddeufed in the brame. Thirdly,thcy of the Popifh religionworfhipa fainted Chrifl oftheir owne deuifing : namely, a Chrifi that fits at the right a hand of the father in heaucn , and is withall in thehands of e- uery Prieff,after the wordsofconfecration. And they worfhip a God let vpby themlelues, namely,a God that will be appea- fed by humane fttisfatìons , and at whole hands a finnefull manmaymeritcuerlafiing life, that is to fay, a God all ofmer- a 5 tie, and littleor no iuflice. Though our religion teach no Idolatrie, yet certen it is, that many among vs pra(life a 1pirituall idolatrie in their hearts. For lookewhat a mm loues moll, andcares moll for, and de- Ines moll in, that is hisGod; forne therefore haue their riches 30 for their God,lome their pleafures,fome their beaflly lufls.For where the heart is, there is thyGod. Againe,the ignorant mul- titudeworfhip a God of their owne coyning, which is a God made all of merde, and no inflice. For they perlwade them - felues, that there is mercie with God, though they repent not, 35 but goe on in their finnes: whereasthe true God is infrnitc,not onely in mercie,butallo in iuflice.Exod. a4- That this finne ofIdolatrie maybe rooted out of the minds amen, theremutt be ftrfl an il1reminationofthe rniode , with the knowledge of the true Godand his will : and there mull alfo be a rearossation ofthe heart and affections, that they let not 0,5 I °p_
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