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A66961
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Concerning images and idolatry
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R. H., 1609-1678.
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1.32_o not_o to_o signify_v any_o suppose_a likeness_n of_o he_o which_o be_v impossible_a but_o only_a to_o present_v he_o to_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o beholder_n in_o the_o do_v some_o action_n of_o his_o which_o be_v in_o effect_n to_o do_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n in_o a_o table_n which_o the_o word_n jehovah_n or_o god_n will_v do_v in_o a_o book_n i_o conceive_v not_o what_o charge_n can_v be_v lay_v on_o it_o at_o lest_o what_o degree_n or_o spice_n of_o idolatry_n unless_o i_o must_v be_v think_v to_o worship_v the_o name_n of_o god_n because_o i_o write_v or_o read_v it_o thus_o he._n and_o to_o mr._n spencer_n urge_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o represent_v god_n as_o he_o have_v please_v in_o the_o former_a vision_n to_o represent_v himself_o dr._n fern_n answ_n to_o spencer_n p._n 57_o answer_n '_o that_o the_o representation_n of_o these_o vision_n be_v tolerable_a and_o if_o of_o these_o vision_n tolerable_a why_o not_o also_o of_o some_o part_n of_o they_o as_o the_o ancient_n of_o day_n sit_v on_o a_o throne_n to_o represent_v his_o come_n to_o judgement_n or_o the_o figure_n of_o a_o dove_n to_o signify_v a_o peculiar_a presence_n and_o assistance_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n where_o nothing_o untrue_a or_o unwarrant_v by_o scripture_n be_v design_v the_o care_n and_o oversight_n of_o which_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o church_n governor_n and_o these_o thus_o represent_v why_o may_v not_o the_o same_o reverence_n be_v give_v to_o such_o figure_n recommend_v to_o we_o by_o such_o sacred_a scripture-apparition_n as_o be_v to_o other_o representation_n of_o sacred_a person_n our_o lord_n or_o his_o saint_n limn_v or_o draw_v in_o the_o like_a story_n and_o why_o may_v not_o those_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v worship_v before_o such_o symbolical_a figure_n or_o representation_n of_o they_o if_o our_o lord_n christ_n may_v before_o he_o of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o only_o provide_v this_o difference_n always_o be_v put_v that_o we_o imagine_v no_o true_a resemblance_n of_o the_o person_n in_o the_o one_o as_o we_o do_v in_o the_o other_o and_o that_o our_o devotion_n reflect_v not_o on_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o person_n but_o of_o the_o apparition_n and_o on_o the_o reality_n of_o some_o gracious_a operation_n thereof_o §_o 13_o 2_o in_o none_o of_o these_o whether_o metaphorical_a representation_n of_o the_o trinity_n or_o proper_a one_o of_o our_o lord_n or_o his_o saint_n do_v catholic_n affirm_v or_o pretend_v any_o peculiar_a presence_n of_o the_o deity_n of_o our_o lord_n or_o of_o his_o saint_n no_o virtue_n either_o natural_a or_o accessary_a and_o derivative_a in_o any_o such_o image_n for_o which_o it_o shall_v be_v worship_v or_o honour_v or_o trust_v in_o or_o for_o which_o our_o lord_n shall_v be_v honour_v or_o worship_v by_o it_o or_o our_o request_n to_o have_v any_o more_o access_n or_o efficacy_n by_o or_o through_o any_o such_o image_n to_o or_o upon_o its_o exemplar_n or_o person_n represent_v or_o again_o the_o exemplar_n any_o great_a influence_n by_o or_o through_o it_o upon_o those_o who_o supplicate_v he_o before_o it_o nor_o seem_v the_o expression_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 25._o per_fw-la imagine_v quas_fw-la osculamur_fw-la &_o coram_fw-la quibus_fw-la caput_fw-la aperimus_fw-la &_o procumbimus_fw-la christum_fw-la adoramus_fw-la cujus_fw-la illae_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la gerunt_fw-la to_o have_v any_o other_o meaning_n than_o this_o that_o per_fw-la osculationem_fw-la imaginum_fw-la and_o apertionem_fw-la capitis_fw-la etc._n etc._n coram_fw-la illis_fw-la adoramus_fw-la prototypum_fw-la that_o by_o or_o in_o that_o inferior_a reverence_n and_o respect_n we_o give_v to_o they_o we_o testify_v the_o honour_n or_o adoration_n we_o bear_v to_o he_o they_o represent_v to_o we_o as_o appear_v also_o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o council_n immediate_o precede_v non_fw-la quod_fw-la credatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la honos_fw-la qui_fw-la eye_n exhibetur_fw-la i._n e._n that_o cult_a give_v they_o express_o declare_v inferior_a by_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a to_o who_o explication_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n refer_v we_o refertur_fw-la ad_fw-la prototypa_n quae_fw-la illae_fw-la representant_fw-la in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v note_v by_o estius_n 3._o sent._n dist_n 9_o §_o 3._o that_o this_o say_v of_o st._n basil_n and_o some_o other_o quod_fw-la honour_n imaginis_fw-la transit_fw-la in_o prototypum_fw-la be_v take_v both_o by_o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a by_o pope_n adrian_n resp_n carol._n c._n 8._o by_o damascen_n de_fw-fr fid._n orthod_n 4._o l._n 17._o c._n and_o also_o be_v understand_v to_o be_v take_v so_o and_o in_o such_o sense_n dispute_v against_o by_o the_o caroline_n book_n l._n 3._o c._n 16._o and_o not_o in_o that_o other_o sense_n apply_v to_o it_o by_o some_o schoolman_n as_o the_o honour_n do_v to_o his_o image_n or_o to_o the_o chair_n of_o state_n redound_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o prince_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o same_o we_o give_v to_o the_o prince_n thus_o then_o per_fw-la imagine_v we_o worship_v the_o prototype_n but_o not_o as_o if_o by_o or_o through_o these_o image_n as_o a_o more_o advantageous_a or_o acceptable_a medium_n of_o our_o service_n we_o direct_v our_o proper_a worship_n to_o the_o prototype_n as_o some_o protestant_n seem_v willing_a to_o mistake_v it_o or_o if_o any_o will_v have_v the_o council_n to_o speak_v here_o not_o of_o the_o inferior_a adoration_n terminate_v in_o the_o image_n but_o of_o the_o supreme_a give_v to_o the_o prototype_n than_o the_o council_n in_o these_o word_n per_fw-la imaginem_fw-la christum_fw-la adoramus_fw-la must_v be_v understand_v to_o use_v per_fw-mi only_o to_o signify_v the_o motive_n or_o occasion_n of_o our_o worship_n as_o that_o say_v of_o st._n gregory_n epist_n 7._o l._n 53._o long_v ago_o express_v it_o et_fw-la nos_fw-la quidem_fw-la ante_fw-la imaginem_fw-la salvatoris_fw-la non_fw-la quasi_fw-la ante_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la prosternimur_fw-la sed_fw-la illum_fw-la adoramus_fw-la quem_fw-la per_fw-la imaginem_fw-la aut_fw-la natum_fw-la aut_fw-la passum_fw-la &c_n &c_n recordamur_fw-la but_o i_o say_v though_o catholic_n may_v thus_o make_v the_o image_n or_o rather_o our_o behold_v it_o a_o medium_n of_o exciting_a the_o remembrance_n and_o so_o the_o love_n honour_n worship_n of_o the_o exemplar_n yet_o they_o make_v it_o no_o medium_n of_o the_o foresay_a worship_n to_o the_o exemplar_n or_o prototype_n non_fw-la quod_fw-la credatur_fw-la say_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess_n 25._o inesse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la in_o its_o virtus_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la sint_fw-la colendae_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la fiducia_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la sit_fw-la figenda_fw-la last_o catholic_n pretend_v no_o advantage_n in_o the_o use_n of_o such_o image_n either_o to_o render_v our_o prayer_n or_o worship_n more_o acceptable_a to_o god_n or_o his_o saint_n or_o more_o effectual_a to_o we_o save_v so_o far_o as_o the_o frequent_a behold_v such_o representation_n may_v excite_v and_o increase_v our_o devotion_n affection_n and_o love_n and_o imitation_n of_o their_o virtue_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o devotion_n fection_n imitation_n obtain_v a_o more_o gracious_a acceptance_n and_o reward_n §_o 14_o neither_o have_v the_o solemn_a benediction_n of_o image_n use_v in_o the_o church_n any_o such_o design_n as_o to_o derive_v from_o above_o any_o special_a virtue_n into_o they_o but_o only_o as_o in_o all_o other_o benediction_n of_o god_n creature_n to_o implore_v god_n blessing_n on_o they_o for_o that_o purpose_n to_o which_o they_o be_v make_v use_n of_o viz._n ut_fw-it quoties_fw-la illas_fw-la imagine_v sieve_n effigy_n oculis_fw-la corporeis_fw-la intuemur_fw-la toties_fw-la eorum_fw-la in_fw-la quorum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la adaptantur_fw-la actus_fw-la &_o sanctitatem_fw-la ad_fw-la imitandum_fw-la memoriae_fw-la oculis_fw-la meditemur_fw-la 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credatur_fw-la inesse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la virtus_fw-la than_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o such_o holy_a place_n but_o only_o from_o god_n good_a pleasure_n a_o reason_n
trinitatem_fw-la servitio_fw-la aut_fw-la adoratione_n non_fw-la impenderent_fw-la anathemata_fw-la judicarentur_fw-la qui_fw-la supra_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la patres_fw-la nostri_fw-la omnimodis_fw-la &_o orationem_fw-la &_o servitutem_fw-la eye_v renuentes_fw-la contempserunt_fw-la atque_fw-la consentientes_fw-la condemnaverunt_fw-la much_o dispute_n have_v be_v and_o many_o reason_n on_o either_o side_n produce_v concern_v the_o true_a decree_n of_o this_o council_n whether_o it_o be_v for_o or_o against_o adoration_n i._n e._n veneration_n of_o image_n historian_n vary_v in_o this_o matter_n and_o the_o former_a publish_v act_n of_o this_o council_n contain_v nothing_o thereof_o but_o for_o the_o present_a we_o will_v suppose_v this_o forementioned_a decree_n genuine_a i._n e._n grant_v all_o our_o adversary_n can_v desire_v and_o proceed_v only_a to_o examine_v how_o the_o nicene_n decree_n be_v any_o way_n debilitate_a thereby_o desire_v this_o on_o the_o other_o side_n to_o be_v 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crucis_fw-la &_o sanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la etc._n etc._n only_o the_o application_n of_o such_o a_o tenet_n and_o such_o a_o anathematisme_n to_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v that_o which_o it_o be_v most_o manifest_a the_o father_n at_o franckfort_n err_v in_o and_o the_o cause_n of_o such_o mistake_n seem_v to_o be_v that_o the_o question_n indeed_o about_o adoration_n and_o the_o report_n of_o such_o a_o anathematisme_n by_o the_o nicene_n council_n in_fw-la qua_fw-la scriptum_fw-la habebatur_fw-la say_v the_o franckfort_n decree_n be_v allata_fw-la in_o medium_n but_o not_o the_o copy_n itself_o or_o if_o the_o copy_n that_o copy_n must_v be_v false_a for_o in_o express_a word_n the_o true_a copy_n have_v no_o such_o thing_n but_o just_a the_o contrary_n for_o we_o see_v that_o the_o copy_n of_o the_o act_n of_o this_o council_n though_o it_o be_v grant_v well_o know_v to_o the_o author_n of_o the_o caroline_n book_n and_o to_o the_o assembly_n at_o paris_n some_o twenty_o 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apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la generalis_fw-la synodus_fw-la in_o francia_n convocante_fw-la praefato_fw-la imperatore_n celebrata_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la tramitem_fw-la traditionemque_fw-la majorum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la graecorum_n pseudosynodus_a destructa_fw-la est_fw-la &_o penitus_fw-la abdicata_fw-la de_fw-la cujus_fw-la destructione_n non_fw-la modicum_fw-la volumen_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o palatio_fw-la adolescentulus_fw-la legi_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la imperatore_n romam_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la quosdam_fw-la episcopos_fw-la missum_fw-la be_v find_v to_o have_v many_o mistake_n in_o it_o 1_o who_o first_o mention_n the_o constantinopolitan_a and_o the_o nicene_n as_o one_o council_n divide_v into_o two_o extreme_n in_o their_o opinion_n 2._o that_o it_o be_v hold_v without_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n which_o error_n the_o caroline_n book_n have_v spread_v in_o the_o west_n though_o the_o act_n of_o the_o nicene_n council_n often_o make_v 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