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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17591	An aunsvvere to the Treatise of the crosse wherin ye shal see by the plaine and vndoubted word of God, the vanities of men disproued: by the true and godly fathers of the Church, the dreames and dotages of other controlled: and by lavvfull counsels, conspiracies ouerthrowen. Reade and regarde.	Calfhill, James, 1530?-1570.	1565 (1565)	STC 4368; ESTC S107406	291,777	414

in earth where our God is in Heauen Quisquám ne tam ineptus est vt putet aliquid esse in simulachro dei Lactantius de falsa rel lib. 2. Cap. 2. in quo ne hominis quidem quicquam est praeter vmbram Is any man so foolishe as to thinke that any piece of God or godlinesse is in an Image wherein there is no poynt incident into a man beside the shadowe Shall this be the armes and cognisaunce of our master in nature whereof there is nothing like him in vse whereof there is nothing but myslyketh him I doubte not but the Crosse if it had any sense or vnderstanding would bowe downe it selfe to the maker of it and not abyde the maker to doe honour to it For had not the maker bestowed some coste and workemanshippe vpon it it might well ynough haue bene locked in the copher and layde in the chimney Then what preposterous thing is this They that haue sense to set vp the senselesse the reasonable creatures to worship the vnreasonable the lyuing to fal downe before the deade the workmanshippe of God and children of his kingdome to adore a corruptible piece of earth An yll effecte of a vile occupation O curuae in terras animae coelestium inanes Persius O croked soules bente to the earth and voyde of heauenly things We rather ought to erect our hearts eyes thyther where our ende is whither we loke to go than be defixed on that which presently doth cumber vs long we shall not enioy Humi miscri volutamini as Lactantius doth say poenitet quadrupedes non esse natos De fal reli lib. 2. Cap. 2. cum deorsum quaeritis quod in sublimi quaerere debuistis Ye wretches tumble vpon the earth and séeme to be sorie that ye be not made fourefoted beasts when ye seke below that which ye ought to fynde aboue For your Crosses Crucifires your Images inuentiōs what pretext so euer they haue to commend them what colour cost so euer to garnish them yet are they but earth from thence they came and thither they will What should ye then be subiecte vnto thinges inferiour to your selues Quum vos terrae summittitis Lactantius ibidem humilioresque facitis ipsi vos vltro ad inferos mergitis ad mortemque damnatis quia nihil terra inferius humilius nisi mors inferi quae si effugere velletis subiectam pedibus vestris terram contemneretis corporis statu saluo quod iccirco rectum accepistis quo oculos atque mentem cum eo qui fecit conferre possetis Cōtēnere autē et calcare terrā nihil aliud est quā simulachra nō adorare When you submit and abase your selues vnto the earth ye throwe your selues voluntarily to hell and condemne you to death for nothing is inferiour and worse than the earth but death and hell which if ye would auoyde ye should contemne the earth that is vnder your féete preseruing the state and condition of your body which for this respecte ye haue receyued vpright that ye might resemble and compare both eyes minde with him that made them But to contemne and despise the earth is nothing else but not to worship Images which are made of earth Thus much Lactantius Nowe if Christ be so slenderly receiued of vs and all his benefites so lightly passed ouer that our memorie must be holpen and vnlesse we haue somewhat subiecte to our eyes we shall sone forget him we haue the poore we haue beside the seales of his mercie the sacramentes of his grace which when he deliuered he sayd Hoc facite in mei commemorationem 1. Cor. 11. Do this in remembraunce of me For as oft as ye eate this breade and drinke this cup sayth the Apostle ye shewe the Lords death tyll he come Wherfore let this confirme our memory that Christ thought nedefull for vs let vs not seke any further aydes than Christ expert of our infirmities hath lefte vs. If Christ and his death be duely preached to vs no force if all Crosses be cast into the fier But if preaching of Christ and hearing of his worde doe fayle vs a sory Crosse can but delite our eyes and straight corrupt our heartes The miracles that haue bene done although they may in parte wythout any shame be doubted of without any impudencie denyed yet graunted to be true must not be broughte for confirmation of a Crosse least the lyke be alleaged to make Symon Magus a Sainct In dede we reade Eusebi li. 2. cap 13. Mat. 7. that for the like effectes he had an Image in Rome set vp to him with thys inscription Simoni deo sancto To Simon the holy God But Christ also speaketh of the like which in the latter day shal come vnto hym saying Lord haue we not caste out diuels in thy name and by thy name done many great workes To whome notwithstanding Christ shal answere thys I neuer knew you depart ye from me ye workers of iniquitie Therfore your miracles if they be false be diuelish if they were true yet now are impertinent But if we should deny them as vntrue wherein we might haue good authoritie to support vs should we therfore according to your gathering denye the omnipotencye of God Fol. 111. a. as though he could not vvorke any such miracles Why we rather do aduaūce it much acknowledging that God with out such externall meanes is able to worke more effectes than these Only beware you least by ascribing to muche vnto the meane ye be ignoraunt of the ende and disgrace the author We sée by experience that vertues wroughte or so supposed to haue bene by the signe of a Crosse hath caused sensing knéeling offering and al kynde of wicked Idolatry to the Crosse And so where Christ should haue bene only praised a piece of wood is honored A good matter it is to receyue a benefite and so acknowledge it A vyle part it is to enioy the pleasure of one mans trauail bestow the thankes vpon an other yet so it falleth out among the superstitious God worketh the miracle they worship the meane So dyd the children of fornication among the Iewes of olde whose mother had played the harlot saying I wyl go after my louers Ose 2. that giue me my bread and my water my wooll and my flax myne oyle and my drinke Nor she dyd know that I sayth the Lord dyd giue hir hir corne and oyle multiplied hir golde and siluer which they bestowed vpon Baal Therefore wyl I returne and take away my corne in tyme therof and my wyne in the season thereof and wil recouer my wooll and my flax lent and discouer hir leudenesse in the sight of hir louers Whereby we haue to vnderstande that as God is the onely worker of all miracles tending to our health and preseruation so doth he accompt it an haynous fault a spirituall fornication when the glory thereof