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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93560	A treatise against images and pictures in churches. And an answer to those who object that the times are changed. Written by George Salteren, Esquire.	Salteren, George.	1641 (1641)	Wing S468; Thomason E163_8; ESTC R431	18,372	39

the trueth when it is expedient so to doe Augustine again and out of him the Decree Ecce inquiunt ut dicit Propheta Recedite exite indo immundum ne tetegeritis Quid est immundum tangere nisi peccatis consentire Quid est exire inde nisi facere quod pertinet ad correctionem quantum pro unius cujusque gradu atque persona salvâ pace fieri potest Behold say they as sayes the Prophet depart and come out from thence touch not the unclean thing What is meant by touching the unclean thing but consenting to sinne what by comming out from thence but doing what appertaines to its reformation as much as without breach of peace may bee done according to every mans degree and person Hereupon our Church in Hom. 3. against Idol p. 75. thus concludeth Ye have heard it evidently proved in these Homilies against Idolatry by Gods word the Doctors of the Church Ecclesiasticall Historyes Reason experience that Images have bin be worshipped and so Idolatry committed to them by infinite multitudes to the greater offence of Gods Majesty and infinite danger of soules and that Idolatry cannot possibly be separated from Images set up in Churches and Temples gilded and decked gloriously and that therefore our Images be indeed very Idols and so all the prohibitions Lawes Curses threatnings of horrible plagues aswell Temporall as Eternall contained in the Scriptures concerning Idols and the makers mainteyners and worshippers of them appertaine also to our Images set up in Churches and Temples and to the makers mainteyners and worshippers of them And all those names of Abomination which Gods word giveth to the Idols of the Gentiles appertaine also to our Images set up in Churches and Temples being Idols like to them and having like Idolatry committed to them And Gods owne mouth in the Holy Scripture calleth them vanities lies Deceits uncleannesse filthinesse dung mischiefe and abomination before the Lord. Wherefore Gods most horrible wrath and our most dreadfull danger cannot be avoyded without the destruction and abolishing of all such Images and Idols out of the Church and Temple of God Which to accomplish God put into the mindes of all Christian Princes And in the meane time let us take heede and be wise O yee beloved of the Lord and let us have no strange Gods c. So the Homily of our Church Bishop Iewels Reply pa. 517. The best remedy in this behalfe and most agreeable with Gods word is utterly to abolish the cause of the ill So the godly King Ezekias took downe and brake in peeces the brazen Serpent notwithstanding Moses himselfe by Gods speciall commandement had erected it notwithstanding it were an expresse figure of Christ hanging upon the Crosse notwithstanding it had continued so many yeares notwithstanding God by it had wrought so many miracles So the godly Bishop Epiphanius rent in sunder an Image painted in a cloth and said it was against Gods Commandement a thing superstitious and unmeet for the Church and people of God notwithstanding it were the Image of Christ So the godly Emperour Theodosius made his Proclamation over all his Dominions in this sort Signum Servatoris nostri quocunque loco reperitur tolli jubemus We straightly command that the Image of our Saviour be taken downe in what place soever it shall bee found notwithstanding it were the Image of our Saviour So it is decreed in the late Councell of Mogunce that when Images happen to bee abused by the people they bee either notably altered or utterly abolished Neither doth God through all his holy Scriptures any where condemne Image-breakers but expresly and every where hee condemneth Image-worshippers and Image-makers yea he saith they are snares to catch the ignorant Hee knoweth the inclination of the heart of man and therefore he saith Accursed be he that leadeth the blinde out of the way and accursed be he that layeth a stumbling block to overthrow the blinde So concludeth the reverend and learned Bishop Iewell and all our Church with him So all the holy Prophets Apostles Martyrs Doctors and Saints of God now triumphant in heaven who shall sit upon Thrones as Assessors with our Saviour Christ and judge the world as the Scriptures speak in their books and monuments which they have left behinde them to testifie their mindes doe unanimously pronounce the like sentences unto us And if wee could heare them speaking in heaven wee should heare their voyces as loud as Thunders or Trumpets proclaime that wee must not imagine that they will speak otherwise in heaven than they did upon earth Let me therefore conclude with that holy Doctor S. Augustine and that most blessed Apostle S. Paul in the name of all the rest Ergo fratres mei quot quot habetis inter vos qui adhuc amore saeculi praegravantur avaros perjuros adulteros inspectores nugarum c. quicquid inter vos malorum esse nostis quantum potestis improbate ut corde recedatis redarguite ut exeatis inde nolite consentire ut immundum ne tangatis Therefore my brethren as many as you have amongst you who are overcharged with the love of this world coverous persons perjurers adulterers beholders of vanity c. whatsoever evills you know amongst you reject them as much as you can depart from them in your hearts reprove them that you may come out from amongst them and consent not unto them that you may not touch the uncleane thing Come out from among them saith the Lord and touch not the uncleane thing I will receive you and yee shall bee my sonnes and my daughters saith the Lord God Almighty Christo Gloria FINIS