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unlawful_a and_o perhaps_o their_o judgement_n may_v be_v more_o prevalent_a with_o some_o among_o we_o who_o have_v their_o person_n in_o so_o great_a admiration_n as_o in_o comparison_n of_o they_o to_o despise_v the_o judgement_n of_o their_o mother_n the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o to_o disobey_v her_o command_n 1._o calvin_n instit_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 17._o §_o 37._o dispute_v against_o the_o papist_n who_o give_v divine_a honour_n to_o the_o sacramental_a sign_n upon_o this_o pretence_n christo_fw-la hanc_fw-la venerationem_fw-la deserimus_fw-la we_o give_v this_o worship_n unto_o christ_n answer_v thus_o simo_n in_o coenâ_fw-la hoc_fw-la fieret_fw-la dicerem_fw-la adorationem_fw-la eam_fw-la demum_fw-la esse_fw-la legitimam_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la in_o signo_fw-la residet_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la sedentem_fw-la dirigitur_fw-la if_o this_o be_v do_v at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n for_o the_o papist_n we_o know_v 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and_o christian_a worship_n and_o therefore_o may_v be_v heretofore_o profitable_o use_v now_o i_o will_v fain_o know_v why_o this_o gesture_n may_v not_o be_v use_v as_o pious_o and_o profitable_o at_o this_o day_n as_o in_o those_o auncient_a time_n especial_o by_o we_o of_o this_o church_n and_o nation_n among_o who_o there_o be_v far_o great_a danger_n of_o apostatise_v from_o the_o faith_n and_o fear_n of_o christ_n to_o atheism_n and_o profaneness_n than_o of_o revert_v to_o papal_a superstition_n the_o same_o beza_n confess_v that_o this_o custom_n of_o kneel_v be_v not_o derive_v from_o the_o papist_n but_o rather_o as_o he_o think_v their_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a bread-worship_n take_v beginning_n from_o this_o custom_n wherein_o he_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v mistake_v for_o that_o be_v ground_v on_o the_o opinion_n of_o transubstantiation_n as_o by_o and_o by_o i_o shall_v make_v it_o appear_v 3._o peter_n martyr_n loc_fw-la com_n clas_n 4._o c._n 10._o §_o 50._o quemadmodùm_fw-la august_n admonebat_fw-la sistendum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la gradum_n in_o carne_n sed_fw-la accedendum_fw-la ad_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la ita_fw-la hîc_fw-la ego_fw-la moneo_fw-la adorando_fw-la cùm_fw-la percipimus_fw-la eucharistiam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la consistendum_fw-la in_o symbolis_fw-la sed_fw-la adorandum_fw-la in_o spiritu_fw-la &_o veritate_fw-la christum_fw-la sedentem_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la ad_fw-la dextram_fw-la patris_fw-la quod_fw-la quia_fw-la simpliciores_fw-la non_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la propter_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la &_o roboratum_fw-la errorem_fw-la transubstantiationis_fw-la existimarim_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la inutile_fw-la si_fw-la ab_fw-la adoratione_n externà _fw-la puta_fw-la à _fw-la prostratione_fw-la vel_fw-la genuflexione_a temperaremus_fw-la quoad_fw-la isti_fw-la docerentur_fw-la adoratio_fw-la interna_fw-la potest_fw-la absque_fw-la periculo_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la neque_fw-la externa_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la esset_fw-la 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themselves_o who_o pretend_v to_o worship_n not_o the_o image_n itself_o but_o god_n in_o the_o image_n god_n censure_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o worshipper_n by_o his_o outward_a gesture_n jer._n 2._o 27._o neither_o be_v there_o any_o manifester_n way_n of_o idolize_v any_o creature_n than_o to_o kneel_v and_o pray_v before_o it_o hezekiah_n therefore_o not_o only_o remove_v but_o break_v in_o piece_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n when_o it_o be_v abuse_v to_o idolatry_n though_o it_o have_v be_v set_v up_o by_o god_n express_a command_n and_o be_v reserve_v as_o a_o monument_n of_o his_o great_a mercy_n and_o power_n show_v towards_o his_o people_n last_o if_o there_o be_v no_o adoration_n give_v to_o the_o sacrament_n but_o to_o god_n only_o why_o be_v there_o not_o the_o like_a reverence_n show_v at_o baptism_n which_o be_v a_o like_a ordinance_n of_o christ_n and_o a_o part_n of_o his_o service_n answ_n 1._o the_o limitation_n here_o give_v be_v vain_a and_o idle_a for_o to_o transfer_v the_o honour_n due_a to_o god_n alone_o unto_o any_o creature_n be_v idolatry_n whether_o the_o thing_n be_v consecrate_v or_o no_o whether_o it_o have_v or_o have_v not_o a_o holy_a signification_n neither_o can_v any_o such_o action_n be_v make_v lawful_a by_o a_o special_a command_n because_o god_n dispense_v not_o with_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v intrinsical_o and_o absolute_o evil_a and_o express_o repugnant_a to_o his_o honour_n which_o he_o profess_v that_o he_o will_v not_o give_v unto_o another_o jsa_n 42._o 8._o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o blaspheme_v or_o forswear_v without_o god_n special_a warrant_n by_o command_v or_o permit_v either_o 2._o to_o worship_v before_o a_o creature_n even_o with_o some_o respect_n thereto_o be_v not_o always_o idolatry_n or_o superstition_n so_o that_o the_o creature_n be_v nâ—t_o the_o work_n of_o our_o own_o hand_n such_o as_o a_o image_n be_v or_o such_o a_o work_n of_o god_n as_o we_o fix_v our_o worship_n in_o or_o at_o least_o make_v it_o