'The ldolatrie o/ the !aft times. properly, and indiredly. I anfwer againc, there is more giuen to the image of God and dl d 1 Chrill:, then lhouldbe, ifany adoration bee !,g: 1~ ,: giuen: and there is m~re giuen by farre then c,a.r,u. eo-adoration. For theyaf,ribe fiuethtngsto & Val.,& images.The fitll: is,a~<Vnion with God,wherc– J.dc rdo· by, wf1enwe fee tile image, thcthingfignified la.puni!J comes to the miode. Vpon this Vnion,Lhnding in relation, followes arel.riue Prefince: whereby God and Chrill:, are in thcirimages and their images with them , as one and the fame obicd. Thethird is,thcpropmie ofSigni-' .ficarwn, whereby the: image, as an image tigni– fics God and Chrifr. The fourth is theproperry A point, and that is, to !hew how wee lhould keepc our fclucs from Idols. And that wee may throughly prc:ferue our fducs from the contagion of them J fourc things muft bee done. We mull: auoide the making ofthem , the hauing of them, the vfing of them, the vfers ofthem. The making of them mull: bee auoided by the cxprdfe comm•ndement of God. Thou Jh•ltnot maf<! tothyftlfe•ny gra~ten·lmage, •r the lik.;neffeif anything. ln thefe words are .Corbiddc:n Images ot all kindes, gtlucn or painted: and imases of all things in heauen, earth,vnderneath theearth: and there>ore of God whofe dwelling is in he•uen. Tert•lliifReprefentation, whereby the image !lands in ll:ead;placc, androamc of God; not onely as · an ambalfadour, but .as a vice-roy or deputie is in the roome of a Prince. And by this meaues.all things mull: be done about the i– mage which lhould be d<>nc about God, or Chril.t, if hec lhouldmanifclt his owne pro– fence. And this is verily a porcion of di· ui'Oe honour. For t~e image is in the roome B an faith thus: Little chiklma (faith l•hn) k!epeypHr ftlises from /this, nqt noR'from /do/a ... ~:~tl~~trie, th4t id, M it wer!from theferHice, butftom theiJols,that u, (b )fr•mtheimageifthem. Yet is notthe making of tmages here: forbidden tis.c.ro. bAbipfa tffigicco rum. of God to receiue honour for God, and God by it. The fifi: is the communication ifr<ligioHJ worjhip to God and the image. And rhat is two-f>ld, one , when the W\)tlhip palfeth by rqc image to God diretlfy, aod returnes to the image by (a) confcqueut indire[\ly: as whena a Vao Se mankneelc:sdownbeforcanimagc, & praies, codcm the worlhip is Gods properly, a11d pertamcs C motu. to the image oncly by confeq•e11t. The fccond is, when worlhipis diretUy to the image, and comes to God by confequent, as when aman pafsing by,falutes the image,orputs garments and Jewels vpon it. Vp0n thiscommunication ofwor!hip foilowesacommnnion •f worjhip whereby God pcrtakes in the worlhip@! the image, and the image againe pertakcs in the worlhip ofGod. Now thiscommanion in re– ligious·worlhip abafeth the honourof God, and ex1ltes the image into a diuine cll:ate a– bouc the condition of men and angels. Ifa king !hall make oneof his fubietts to be his image, and to behis Deputy, for worlhip, fo asordinarily the worlhip ofthe king!hall bee donebefore the deputy, though thorcbee ne· uer fo many intentions in the mindes ofthe D fubietlsto worlhipthe kjng, and notthe de· pury ; yet i.ndeede the deputy is king, and the other ondy beare.s the name. And fo images eceing not onely images ofGod, bat alfo his deputies, haueindeede the honour ofGodgi– uen vntothem. Againc, when Latri11(# diuinc honour is giuen to God in his image, it hath his termination in the image: for this worlhip is firll: dtredcd to 6od,and fc:conda– rily by confequent in one and the fame mo– tion, it is extended to the image. Now that religious worihip , whofe termination is in the creature, is by common confent, Ido· larrie. · Hitherto haue I !hewed what an Idol! is, and thekindes thereof, aod the waicsof etc· Cling them: now I will proceede to a fccolld limply. Forrhercis a two-fold lawfull vfe of images: one holy, the other common. The holy vfe is, when they ferue to fignifie the holythings ofGo9.S~ch Images are properly /ignes and types, and are onely at the ap. paintment of God. Thus the Chcrubims vpon the: Mercie feate, were figures of the prcfenceof God: the brafcn ferpent a figure of Chrill:crucified:theo11tward elementsin both the Sacraments of the ricw Tell:ament, lignes an.d feales ofthe body and blood of Chrifl: , with the benefits thereof. The common vfe ofimages isthree-fold. One is Symbolicall,or politicall, as when they fc:rue forthe dill:intli– on ofcoynes. Thusthciewes,who might not on their own heads creel images in the Tcm· plc or Synagogues, had liberrie to make & vfe images in theircoynes.Chtill:hauing fc:cne and acknowledged the Image and fuperfcription ofCdj4rin thecoync; faid: Giuevnto C•f<r that wluch ts C£[<rs. The fec0nd vfc is Hillo– ricalt , wh~n Image~ fcruc to reprefem hu– mane or dmtnehtll:orte. And here it mull: bee remembrcd, that the paiotingofthe hill:orie ofthe .lltble, though otherwifc: lawful! ia it fdfe, is not expeditor in Churches : becaufc: danger af idolarrie may rife: thence. And rhcreforecommendable is the pradife ofthe ChurchofEngland, that futfers aor in places that feruc: for vfe of religion, images eithe: painted or earned, no not in the hill:orie of the Bible painted. And the cafe is otherwife with fucb rcprefc:ntations ofthe hiltory as are fc>und in fundry Bibles , bccaufe there is not the likeoc.cafionofidolarrie.The third vfe is, when Images are made for the beautifying of houfc:s , either publiko , or priuate, that feruc onely forciuill meetings. Wherefore it is the fcope and intent of the commandement of God,onc:ly to forbid themaking ofimagos in refpett they arc to bee applied to diuin~ or religious vfc:, thatis, to rcprofent God i'ohis nature or properties, orprefence. Some man maythusobieclh whcnwcthinkeonGod wee: · concciae an internall.image or form'e of hini
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