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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11828	A short information, but agreeable vnto Scripture: of idol-images· Made vnto the Christian congregation at Prague, when as, by his Royall Maiesties most gracious command, the Castle-church there, was clensed from all images, on Sonday the twelfth of December, in the yeare 1619. By Abraham Scultetus. Faithfully translated according to the high Dutch copie printed at Heidelberge, by Gotthard Vœgeliu, 1620.	Scultetus, Abraham, 1566-1624.	1620 (1620)	STC 22126; ESTC S121082	10,238	24

shewed as is to bee seene in the History of the Reformed Churches in France the fourth Booke that they therefore wished that all Images and Pictures of the holy Trinitie were cleane remoued and wholly put out of Churches and Houses seeing the same are plainly forbidden by the Holy Scripture by Councels and by many godly learned and much praysed worthy men But yet here mee thinkes I heare some man obiect Obiect againe and demand Seeing that the Sonne of God is become man whether he may not be pictured according to his humanity To which I answere Christ came not therefore Ans into the World that men might take his Picture but that men should beleeue in him and conuert themselues vnto him And therefore is it that we haue not any Commandement at all to make any such Image or Picture nor yet haue any example thereof in all the whole new Testament As also he cannot possibly at this day be truly pictured no not according to his humanitie seeing there liues not now any man on the Earth that hath seene him And heere hence it is that one doth paint him with a yellowish another with a flaxen a third with a black the fourth with a brown beard And so then a man must take that for Christ his Picture which the Painter holds in his opinion to be the best Not to say any thing that seeing Christ being true God and man is in one person they who boast to haue his Image and Picture haue thereof notwithstanding but a false Christ Now as concerning the Images and Pictures of Of the Images of Saints the Virgin Mary of Elizabeth and of other holy Saints If a man knew of what forme and fashion they properly were indeed their Pictures might well be had in priuate houses But they are not by any meanes to be there set vp in those places where men performe Gods publique seruice and worship neither to bee prayed vnto no nor yet for ornament sake Not to bee prayed vnto that being a chiefe part of Gods worship For it is written Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe vnto Exod. 20. 5. them nor serue them And againe Thou shalt worship Mat. 4. 10. the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serue which is taken from the Law in Deuteronomie Deut. 6. 3. 10. 20. where the word onely is wanting and supplyed by Christ as being Gods true meaning Not for ornament sake for it is written Abstaine 1. Thes 5. 22 from all appearance of euill Now the Images set vpin holy places haue the appearance of being prayed vnto and worshipped For there are many people who thinke and are perswaded they are set vp there for that very end purpose And if they had not that appearance yet there is great danger therein that they may be prayed vnto and worshipped of superstitious people as we haue hitherunto seene that it hath beene but too much practised in this place And we ought as much as in vs lyeth indeuour to auoyd and preuent such danger For it is written Thou shalt not put a stumbling Leuit. 19. 14 block before the blind but thou shalt feare thy God saith the Lord in Leuiticus And againe Christ Mat. 4. 7. saith out of Deut. 6. 16. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Wherefore the consequent followeth not nor is of any value It is lawfull to haue the Pictures of the Apostles and of other holy Saints of God in priuate houses Therefore it is also lawfull to haue and set them vp publikely in Churches For in a priuate house where the Inhabitants bee not superstitious there is no appearance of praying vnto them and worshipping of them nor yet of any danger that they might bee prayed vnto and worshipped of other superstitious people and therefore are not there vnlawfull And so much shall suffice to haue spoken of the first maine point namely that God should not nor ought not that God cannot bee grauen or pictured Of the second But yet there are people here found who giue 2. God will not be called vpon or honoured by Images out that it is true indeed men should not pray nor giue reuerence or worship vnto the Images Pictures yea and that they themselues also doe it not But yet say that men may honour and worship God by and through the Pictures according as these wordes following stood written here on the beame vnder the great Crucifix Effigiem Christi cùm transis semper honora Non tamen effigiem sed quem designat adora That is When ere thou do'st before Christs Image stand Or passe it by giue honour out of hand Yet not to th' Image which thine eyes doe see But to the Lord it represents to thee Whereunto we giue this answere That it were much to be desired that Images were not indeed prayed vnto and worshipped at all But the practice and experience teacheth far otherwise whilst it is daily seene how the people doe come and bow themselues before the Altars Images and Crucifixes how they put off their Hats vnto them how they kindle Lamps and Tapers vnto them And should many of them see that a Crucisix should bee hewed in pieces or burned into ashes oh how would euen their very heart then bleed for giefe This is indeed truly to doe reuerence and honour vnto Images and make Idols of them But goe too Say they pray not vnto the Images say they giue no reuerence nor doe honour and worship vnto them Yet will not God haue nor can endure that we pray vnto him that we worship him and that we giue him honour in by or through Images For hee saith at once roundly and expresly out They shall not bee bowed downe vnto nor serued In which words he forbids all manner of seruice honour or worship that may any way whatsoeuer be giuen vnto Images As also it is written Iohn 14. 6. that No man can come to the Father but by the Sonne not by Images sencelesse dumbe Idols Besides it excuseth not their Idolatry at all that they pretend say that through and by the Image they pray vnto and call vpon the Sauiour For the Israelites would not be taken or thought to pray vnto and worship the golden Calfe as they themselues also say To morrow is a Feast not vnto the Calf but Exod. 32. 5 8 10. vnto the Lord. And yet neuerthelesse the Lord saith vnto Moses They haue worshipped the Calfe and haue sacrificed thereunto and therefore his wrath was waxen hot against the people to haue consumed them Yea it faileth so farre that God will be worshipped by Imagēs as that he will not at all be so much as serued BEFORE IMAGES For thus sound forth aloud his owne words Yee Leuit. 26. 1. shall make you no Idols nor grauen Image neither reare you vp a standing Image or Pillar neither shall yee set vp any Image of stone in your Land to bow