there_o much_o more_o reasonable_a for_o i_o to_o worship_n god_n by_o prostrate_v myself_o to_o the_o sun_n or_o any_o of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n nay_o to_o a_o ant_n or_o a_o fly_n than_o to_o a_o wooden_a table_n or_o to_o a_o stone-building_n or_o to_o the_o leaf_n of_o a_o book_n or_o a_o few_o letter_n put_v together_o in_o a_o word_n or_o to_o two_o stick_n across_o or_o to_o a_o silver_n chalice_n or_o to_o a_o wooden_a chair_n for_o in_o the_o other_o i_o see_v great_a evidence_n of_o the_o power_n and_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n which_o may_v suggest_v venerable_a apprehension_n of_o god_n to_o my_o mind_n whereas_o these_o can_v have_v nothing_o worthy_a admiration_n unless_o it_o be_v the_o skill_n of_o the_o artificer_n and_o i_o can_v for_o my_o heart_n understand_v why_o i_o may_v not_o as_o well_o nay_o better_o burn_v incense_n and_o say_v my_o prayer_n to_o the_o sun_n have_v a_o intention_n only_o to_o honour_v the_o true_a god_n by_o it_o as_o to_o do_v 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catholic_n call_v any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v before_o §_o 49._o much_o less_o do_v catholic_n do_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o a_o image_n which_o they_o do_v to_o god_n himself_o as_o this_o author_n tell_v his_o reader_n a_o little_a after_o '_o if_o they_o say_v i_o make_v the_o sun_n god_n by_o give_v it_o religious_a worship_n no_o more_o than_o they_o do_v temple_n and_o altar_n for_o the_o catholick_n veneration_n give_v to_o image_n be_v hold_v no_o more_o religious_a in_o any_o sense_n than_o that_o of_o protestant_n to_o church_n altar_n the_o holy_a name_n of_o jesus_n &c_n &c_n word_n and_o thing_n relate_v to_o religion_n not_o civil_a commerce_n '_o if_o they_o urge_v that_o god_n have_v forbid_v worship_v the_o host_n of_o heaven_n and_o so_o the_o sun_n yes_o that_o be_v give_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n to_o they_o but_o not_o a_o subordinate_a relative_a inferior_a worship_n which_o be_v all_o i_o intend_v and_o i_o hope_v they_o be_v 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be_v also_o ancient_a and_o the_o use_n of_o late_a age_n precise_o the_o same_o as_o the_o first_o we_o need_v not_o be_v solicitous_a 1._o for_o first_o that_o which_o be_v lawful_a in_o any_o time_n to_o be_v practise_v may_v also_o lawful_o at_o any_o time_n begin_v to_o be_v so_o nor_o be_v it_o necessary_a that_o what_o be_v do_v now_o be_v also_o the_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n but_o sufficient_a if_o nothing_o in_o antiquity_n can_v be_v show_v repugnant_a to_o it_o again_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o there_o be_v any_o express_a command_n or_o precept_n in_o scripture_n either_o for_o the_o veneration_n use_n or_o make_v of_o image_n but_o it_o be_v sufficient_a if_o there_o be_v any_o example_n in_o the_o new_a or_o old_a testament_n that_o it_o be_v in_o neither_o of_o they_o disallow_v enough_o if_o a_o example_n there_o be_v of_o something_o equal_a and_o parallel_v to_o it_o the_o veneration_n of_o some_o other_o sacred_a thing_n or_o enough_o for_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o such_o practice_n if_o no_o prohibition_n find_v thereof_o in_o the_o sacred_a writ_n as_o i_o hope_v for_o two_o of_o these_o the_o make_n and_o use_v of_o image_n or_o picture_n protestant_n will_v accord_v the_o honour_n and_o worship_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o his_o saint_n all_o will_v allow_v a_o duty_n what_o way_n or_o mode_n also_o of_o honour_v they_o more_o immediate_a and_o direct_a or_o also_o more_o remote_a and_o relative_a be_v lawful_a or_o also_o expedient_a and_o when_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n to_o determine_v and_o to_o prescribe_v to_o we_o and_o we_o be_v oblige_v to_o acquiesce_v in_o her_o judgement_n and_o submit_v to_o her_o injunction_n last_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v from_o the_o non-practice_n of_o any_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d crucem_fw-la tuam_fw-la adoramus_fw-la domine_fw-la quod_fw-la certissime_fw-la say_v they_o salutatio_fw-la est_fw-la &_o dicitur_fw-la thus_o they_o defend_v the_o word_n adoration_n to_o be_v use_v to_o express_v a_o salutatory_n honor._n for_o which_o we_o have_v chemnitius_n exam._n conc._n trid._n p._n 4._o p._n 696._o his_o confession_n thus_o far_o quidam_fw-la say_v he_o vocabula_fw-la mitigare_fw-la studuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la act._n 3._o constantinus_n cypri_n episcopus_fw-la dicit_fw-la suscipio_fw-la venerandas_fw-la imagine_v adorationem_fw-la autem_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a secundum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tantummodo_fw-la supersubstantiali_fw-la &_o vivificae_fw-la trinitati_fw-la conservo_fw-la et_fw-fr act._n 7._o dicunt_fw-la veram_fw-la latriam_fw-la soli_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la competere_fw-la esse_fw-la autem_fw-la aliam_fw-la honorariam_fw-la adorationem_fw-la sicut_fw-la jacob_n adoravit_fw-la esau_n gen._n 33._o abraham_n filios_fw-la heth._n gen._n 23._o jacob_n pharaonem_fw-la gen._n 47._o etc._n etc._n quando_fw-la itaque_fw-la dicitur_fw-la imagine_v adorandas_fw-la non_fw-la intelligi_fw-la cultum_fw-la latriae_fw-la sed_fw-la adorare_fw-la idem_fw-la valere_fw-la quod_fw-la salutare_fw-la amplecti_fw-la &_o amare_fw-la sicut_fw-la pharisaei_n scribuntur_fw-la amass_o salutationes_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la matt._n 13._o etc._n etc._n volunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la quidam_fw-la vacabulo_fw-la adorationis_fw-la in_fw-la act_v illius_fw-la synodi_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quam_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la bonoris_fw-la seu_fw-la reverentiae_fw-la quae_fw-la fit_a externo_fw-la aliquo_fw-la gestu_fw-la vel_fw-la inclinatione_fw-la capitis_fw-la vel_fw-la genuflectione_fw-la vel_fw-la amplexu_fw-la osculo_fw-la &_o hujusmodi_fw-la thus_o he_o right_o if_o instead_o of_o quidam_fw-la he_o have_v put_v omnes_fw-la for_o we_o see_v it_o be_v the_o public_a state_v of_o the_o whole_a council_n in_o act._n 7._o last_o whatever_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o adoration_n may_v proper_o signify_v the_o same_o father_n declare_v in_o their_o decree_n that_o the_o veneration_n or_o reverence_n or_o call_v it_o what_o we_o will_v that_o be_v give_v by_o they_o to_o image_n neither_o for_o the_o inward_a intention_n nor_o outward_a ceremony_n or_o sign_n of_o it_o be_v any_o other_o than_o that_o which_o be_v general_o give_v even_o by_o the_o iconoclast_n to_o other_o sacred_a thing_n to_o the_o cross_n the_o holy_a utensil_n the_o gospel_n relic_n church_n and_o such_o as_o the_o christian_n of_o those_o day_n give_v also_o to_o the_o emperor_n statue_n now_o the_o worship_n meanwhile_o they_o exhibit_v to_o image_n certain_o be_v not_o what_o their_o expression_n may_v seem_v to_o some_o most_o proper_o to_o signify_v but_o what_o they_o explain_v themselves_o to_o mean_v by_o it_o and_o if_o such_o worship_n lawful_a their_o suppose_a a_o fault_n be_v only_o verbal_a and_o here_o also_o the_o caroline_n book_n observe_v this_o wariness_n in_o this_o decree_n of_o nice_a as_o daille_n and_o other_o in_o that_o of_o trent_n 3._o l._n 17._o c._n say_v the_o council_n do_v this_o to_o palliate_v and_o disguise_v their_o error_n to_o the_o common_a people_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o and_o 2_o 3._o l._n 16._o c._n that_o though_o the_o learned_a do_v avoid_v such_o a_o mistake_a adoration_n yet_o the_o unlearned_a be_v scandalize_v thereby_o and_o fall_v into_o it_o which_o also_o now_o be_v the_o last_o plea_n of_o protestant_n against_o the_o roman_a church_n §_o 19_o well_o then_o these_o thing_n be_v clear_a that_o the_o word_n religious_a be_v not_o use_v at_o all_o by_o either_o council_n and_o be_v by_o those_o roman_a author_n which_o use_v it_o explain_v to_o mean_a not_o divine_a but_o only_o a_o inferior_a worship_n of_o person_n or_o thing_n sacred_a or_o holy_a to_o contradistinguish_v it_o to_o that_o worship_n give_v to_o person_n dignify_v in_o the_o state_n or_o to_o some_o thing_n relate_v to_o they_o mere_o upon_o a_o civil_a account_n and_o so_o be_v it_o use_v by_o st._n austin_n long_o ago_o memorias_fw-la martyrum_fw-la say_v he_o contr._n faustum_n 20._o l._n 21._o c._n populus_fw-la christianus_n religiosa_fw-la solemnitate_fw-la celebrat_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o de_n civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 27._o quaecunque_fw-la igitur_fw-la adhibentur_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la obsequia_fw-la in_o martyrum_fw-la locis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o de_fw-fr trinitate_fw-la 3._o l._n 10._o c._n speak_v of_o sacred_a thing_n honorem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la religiosa_fw-la say_v he_o possunt_fw-la habere_fw-la stuporem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la mira_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la and_o as_o if_o he_o have_v foresee_v the_o present_a quarrel_n about_o it_o and_o endeavour_v to_o prevent_v it_o he_o have_v thus_o discourse_v on_o the_o latitude_n of_o the_o use_n of_o this_o word_n de_n civ_o dei_fw-la 10._o l._n 11._o c._n et_fw-la ipsa_fw-la religio_fw-la quamvis_fw-la distinctius_fw-la non_fw-la quemlibet_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la cultum_fw-la significare_fw-la videatur_fw-la unde_fw-la isto_fw-la nomine_fw-la interpretati_fw-la sunt_fw-la nostri_fw-la eam_fw-la quae_fw-la graece_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicitur_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la latina_n loquendi_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la imperitorum_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la doctissimorum_fw-la &_o cognationibus_fw-la humanis_fw-la atque_fw-la affinitatibus_fw-la &_o quibusque_fw-la necessitudinibus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la exhibenda_fw-la religio_fw-la and_o so_o much_o more_o sanctis_fw-la non_fw-it eo_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la vitatur_fw-la ambiguum_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la cultu_fw-la deitatis_fw-la vertitur_fw-la quaetio_fw-la ut_fw-la fidenter_fw-la dicere_fw-la valeamus_fw-la religionem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nisi_fw-la dei_fw-la cultum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la videtur_fw-la hoc_fw-la verbum_fw-la a_o significanda_fw-la observantia_fw-la propinquitatis_fw-la humanae_fw-la insolent_a auferri_fw-la quae_fw-la itaque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d graece_fw-la latin_a autem_fw-la religio_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la erga_fw-la deum_fw-la hanc_fw-la ei_fw-la tantum_fw-la deo_fw-la deberi_fw-la dicimus_fw-la qui_fw-la verus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la facitque_fw-la suos_fw-la cultores_fw-la deos._n thus_o st._n austin_n clear_v also_o that_o the_o word_n adoration_n by_o the_o council_n that_o use_v it_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v apply_v to_o image_n in_o no_o other_o sense_n than_o as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o scripture_n notwithstanding_o dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la adorabis_fw-la to_o man_n to_o scabellum_fw-la montem_fw-la sanctum_fw-la templum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o by_o the_o whole_a christianity_n of_o that_o age_n to_o the_o cross_n and_o other_o sacred_a thing_n a_o antiphon_n in_o the_o public_a liturgy_n of_o the_o church_n on_o good-fryday_n be_v crucem_fw-la tuam_fw-la adoramus_fw-la domine_fw-la see_v ordo_fw-la romanus_n and_o alcuinus_fw-la de_fw-fr divinis_fw-la officiis_n who_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o penman_n of_o the_o caroline_n book_n in_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o liturgy_n die_v parasceve_n there_o use_v the_o same_o word_n venit_fw-la pontifex_n &_o adorat_fw-la deosculatur_fw-la crucem_fw-la and_o qui_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la habere_fw-la de_fw-la ligno_fw-la domini_fw-la salva_fw-la fide_fw-la adorant_fw-la illam_fw-la crucem_fw-la quam_fw-la habent_fw-la meaning_n hereby_o veneration_n of_o it_o i_o say_v then_o after_o this_o why_o stay_v we_o still_o in_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o controversy_n and_o make_v verbal_a quarrel_n what_o mean_v such_o language_n as_o this_o of_o bishop_n andrews_n respon_n ad_fw-la apol._n p._n 200._o 202_o 203._o in_o secundo_fw-la praecepto_fw-la legis_fw-la adoratio_fw-la non_fw-la restringitur_fw-la absoluta_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o distinguit_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la de_fw-la adoratione_n ea_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ea_fw-la ubi_fw-la lex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la distinguit_fw-la relativam_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la minimam_fw-la quibus_fw-la adorationem_fw-la tamen_fw-la vindicat_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cultum_fw-la maximum_fw-la be_v this_o abraham_n adoravit_fw-la filios_fw-la heth_n or_o adorate_fw-la scabellum_fw-la cultus_fw-la maximus_fw-la or_o must_v not_o bishop_n andrews_n distinguish_v at_o least_o in_o the_o former_a non_fw-la adorabis_fw-la omnem_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la immo_n adorabis_fw-la aliquam_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la an_fw-mi non_fw-la ex_fw-la diametro_fw-la contraria_fw-la no_o if_o we_o distinguish_v concern_v adorabis_fw-la so_o a_o late_a author_n dr._n stillingft_o rom._n idol_n c._n 1._o p._n 87._o '_o god_n say_v he_o challenge_v all_o religious_a adoration_n to_o himself_o what_o in_o whatever_o sense_n adoration_n or_o religious_a can_v possible_o be_v 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&_o servitium_fw-la adorationis_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la consubstantiali_fw-la &_o vivificatrici_fw-la trinitati_fw-la debetur_fw-la ei_fw-la se_fw-la redditurum_fw-la here_o mistake_v at_o least_o in_o the_o sense_n ei_fw-la for_o eye_n as_o afterward_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n where_o he_o recite_v it_o it_o be_v not_o ei_fw-la but_o illis_fw-la and_o refer_v it_o not_o to_o trinitati_fw-la but_o imaginibus_fw-la and_o then_o carry_v away_o with_o passion_n the_o author_n of_o the_o capitulare_fw-la forementioned_a say_v caeteris_fw-la consentientibus_fw-la because_o none_o of_o the_o other_o bishop_n censure_v this_o vote_n at_o all_o nor_o have_v they_o reason_n as_o constantine_n deliver_v it_o and_o then_o have_v thus_o make_v this_o passage_n his_o own_o though_o he_o read_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n pointblank_o opposite_a non_fw-la veram_fw-la latriam_fw-la quae_fw-la solum_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la convenit_fw-la &c_n &c_n and_o 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