.-,t.be Epiftle oJ lu.t/~. 1 -·- - ---- --: --,~;-l th~!S , nenher to ~orfh•p ~. n~~;:; God -~~--The fccond poulliS,;j,c-;;- e~~ht ~fthJS gt<>fl~ ! ·-~- ~ ----r ----~~ 111 n: whtch cxpoftnon bcc~u(c H ts oppugned , !bndu1g hcrcHJ, that whofocuct oucJthro,·~pn bylgrcat p:trrof the \\ ot:\1 , I \o\t!l r,roo,te by j th,s gtouOO, qucrthJO\\Cth th1s rclJgton, For fomc rcafons : l=tdl, that .,..,.}uch was the flnnc fir1t, w-hofocper rcfcmblcth God 111 :my lm:1gc 1 of the Hraclitcs in making lmagqs, is here f:.w1 and worfl1ippcth him therdn, .he dcnic~h d1c: bidden:but their cotimlon 1l11nc t·nche vCc of I- 1 trite God, R01n. 1. z; . The wii"cJt ofthe Hca.1 111 arrcs was to m:tkc them n:prc!Cnc:.uions of the I then v:qrf':hipptng God ;n their lmagl's , turned ,._., ... , tru~ God, and eo wor01ippc the uuc G od in I the truth of (}qd imq 4/ie: (d \·\'hatiOcucr men them, as appcareth, Exod . 3z.. 4·5· The Ifr~e~ rnay bdcc-uc.o'fworlhippjBg the uue God iri an , lites hauing madea golden Calfc.{.•j.d; Thefe bee lm::tge, the truth is, it wtll. proour no beust thf 1 .. thy Gqds, ·0 f{rt!Cl, n•hichbrought rhu ~t!t,pf !~ a he vnto. them, The ApoHlc affirmcih J th:lt 1 r!.Cet.u:U.a. Landof EJJJPt: th:n.is, t.his i.; <~."rsprc(cnc:aion wh:ufocucr the G entiles .0crificed to Jdols 1 of that God who b~ought thce.!H!c" of Egypt: tlu.J [.tcriftced ·it 1mto DeHi!J, lllJ.dn(Jt Vl"ilo God1 for rhcyfhould hauob,in 1.:vo~f5! th_qn mad men, if Son.e may aske;how can this bc,(ccing their in;;- t\H!Y had called that Calfe which w.as but one tcm was to la.crifice vmoGa.cj? I ailt\ver, t·ha~ day old, that God wh.~r;h qtoughc them many ~y dtfctmg to ,;111 Image; they denied God, .~ncldaics before out ofEgypC~: bcdidq tl~ar, ln13ges.. B fp no~ feruing him, they 4ccamc facrifiters to true.or falfc_ arc v~ually called ~>y th: namCof I· l I th; Dcl.lill: f0'r who~~ocucr concc!ucrh ofGod 1 Gods:, as-bcmg fo 111 the rcputaoo0.9.f th<.: wor1 omcrwtfe then he wtll bee con~c!Ucd of t . )Oil ... {hippers. Further, 4Arpn faid , T~morrow(fbal~ ., I <::ciue an Idol, and not God; and he that wil r"- be the holy d~ of the-Lord: fig.nftyfng that the member hjm in things whe,rcin he wil{ not bee Calfc w:u: made to reprefent the t-rue.God, · rernembend, forgcm:th him, as the Ifraditcs, ...vhome in the CalfCthey \\'ere to w<\rfuippc:. Pfal. I e6.-l. I. Secondly; profdfod ldolatric ma.:z Againc, ludg.I7·3• Michaes mother (hc\o\'eth kcth aftpf!.ration between God and hispeoplc 1 that bet intent was to worl11ippe Ci.od in,the: Ias adultcrie dpJh bt'twekne man and wife. for magc, when {he fai~h,that fhc had d,edicaced eas a wife th:it fceketh to firat1gers; dcnicth her Jeuen hundred 01ekels of filuer tO•tiJe Lord, to prop~r hltsband; (o the Church, which is the make agrauen and a tnolten lm!tge,;and hauing' fpoufc of God, going a:whoring afrer l1)1:1ges made the Irn:tge, (he (aith; Jv-o_w ri?illrhe Lord and firangc Gods, dcnictl1God her h(Jsband ; Mcj{e mu: though this faCl was gtoJ)e idolatric, and )>rocurcth the Bill of diuorce : ice Ho(eah yethefileweth that he worfuippe<l_the Lord in 2,aqd Ier.J.8. • ' f. the Image, whofc blciling hee boafled of.: E- C, Thir?Iy, the Aducrfar(es pf this gtoun<! arc, fay 40.1g.. Towhomwdlplil;,n Ufd? whence the prot~!fed Papills : firfl;in allowing nJaking it is plaine: they made Images oCthq t.ruc God oflmages for Religions fa~e ;' as the Im?gc of tovvodhip him in. Iudg. 2. 21. The Ifraclites Chrift crucified, which the)~ ca~l the Cruqifi.\· ~ were foreafl\icr<d for fcming Baaj and Aforeond of Chtiil glorified, ~hieh they <all :Ag~'!' roth, d{at is, Idols fetched from the Heathen: Dei: alfo Images of the YiTgi.PMariel, and_.d-: but h .. dein their intent was to worfhip the tru~ ther Saints ;·yea: curling and condemning all God in them, os appcarcth Hofca ; •. J 6. Thof' thofc thatf~rbi.d the making of them, anq f6 {halt call mee no mort Baali,butI!hi. Yea the vc- £urfe eUCil the Lord himfelfe::yca and m·ofi blarie Heathen chemfclucs worJhipped the uuc fphcmoutly in former times ·theywere wo·rh to God in their Images, Rom, 1. 2j. They turned make Images of the Trjnitic, piGturi11g the Fa_. theglorie of the trHeGod, into the (imditudc of 11 thcr like an old man, thc SOune like a child, rha corruptible creamre; much mol'e then tha Ilraeholy Choft like a Douc, and yet mu~htt1ore lites who tooke their idolatric from them: and biafphemoufly then that.,..ethcrwifc : but they therefore in th{" fecond Connll:lndcmcm is forarc now aibamedoi 1uch wicked pidure~. Sebidden the ma.l<ing of Im:1ges of the true God, co;~dly, they rnaimaine, ytta :md cohunan<ithc and not of falfc oncly, as the Papifls \~·ould worlhip of Chrifi in an Image, and condcmnc fal!Ciy reach vs. The fecon.d rcafon is in Deu.t. D them who dcnie the worfuipping of Images, 4· t 5,16. where Mofes makmg a Conunemanc whether they be Images ofGod, or of Sainrs, vpon this Commandcment, and forbidding to Angels, or dead men. Thirdly, they teach that 111akc any rcprcfcnration of any fi gure, addeth a man is to worfhip the Crucili:': rcligioutly,yca this rcafon: reeft11'e no Image in rheday tiJtf! the with the fame worfhippc and deuotion with Lord !pal;, out of H oreb: and thereforeMofts whi<h Chriil himfelfe is wodhipped, where- : vnderHood rhe COma.ndcmcnt :15 we do,name- \vlth alfo they wodhippc theit· brcallcnly, not to make any lmage ofrhc nueGod.Thc God. third rca[on is in the words, Thou {halt ,.;ot mttk,f In fonncr times titcir confcicnccs (~tretly the Image of 11.11} thin .. ( that is in hcauen a6oJJe, checking them oftheir Id\>larries, caufCd them' &c. Seeing then that God is in hcauC"n abouc, to !cam: O\U the whol fecolHl Comm~ndcmcm, . as :J.[[o the S:.'lints and Angels, we n1llft make no and diuide the }aft into two, to fil l vp the JJum~ lm:tge to rcprefc:nt then': for euen lm:'!gts of ber: but of later dayes, fecing they ~wc.,~pn. the true God,are Idol·,hated ofGod,and confiraincd t6retainc the?, ~-OH11H3,ndcmoui ,·they IfdJt·Pof1~ hadbin\ll:)f l\lofcsin the Mount, he would h~acJcmtir'· Tc!ll•lwnthc :~dmittincc ofthc:fcc(JJ Commandcdemncd in the Scriptures:fo the golden Calf(: is hauc found out fome 0Hft, which \.VC wiU.cxacallcd :.m ldiJ!l, AC1:.].·1'· , mine. Firlt, t.hcy fa)'l th~rc is a di ....... Cl'<H)·,.~ beobi;{t.f, ..... • Bbb.b -z- · p ~\o~c~:1l.e ···'~ .. :..~to. -~----
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