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A11890	An arrovv against idolatrie Taken out of the quiver of the Lord of hosts. By H.A.	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?	1624 (1624)	STC 222; ESTC S115945	56,377	128

Iupiter and Nebo and y 2 King 17.30 Succothben●th and other the like even so hath idolatrous Rome ordained to haue in her temples z Concil Trident. Sess. 25. images of Christ of the virgin Mary and of other Saints which idols must haue their due honour and worship because the honour which is given to them is referred to the prototypes whom they doe represent And these abominations she Concil ●id ibid. kisseth as idolaters of old were wont to Hos. 13.2 kisse the calues lighteth Tapers before them as the Babylonians did Baruch ●● candles before their images censeth them as the Heathen Romans were wont to doe Cicero ●ffic l. 3. their statues kneeleth falleth down and prayeth before them saying Catechis one Trid. ●act de O 〈◊〉 Tit. Our Father c. as idolaters of old Quis oran●us sit Jer. 2.27 said to a tree thou art my father and to a stone thou hast begotten mee Teaching her children further that these g Bellar. de ●mag l. 2. c. 21. images are to be worshipped not onely by accident or unproperly but also by themselvs and properly so as they doe terminate or end the worship as they are considered in themselvs and not onely as they bear the part of the examplar or person represented yea saying of an image h Synod Nicen. 11. Act. 4. This is Christ as paynims said of theirs i Isa. 44 17 Thou art my God But woe unto them k Hab. 2.19 from the Lord that say to the wood awake to the dumb stone rise up Herein this Catholike Church exceedeth the devotion of Jeroboam son of N●bat who worshipped by the Calues l 1 King 12.28 ●he God which had brought them out of Aegypt and not any other Saints much lesse the images themselvs Yea in this kind she passeth sundry of the Heathens and her own Predecessors for Licurgus the Lawgiver of Lacedemonia and institutor of many ceremonies m Alexand. ab Alexandr l. 2 c. 22. ordained no images in his Religion but forbad the forms of men or other living creatures to be given to the Gods Apollonius a Philosopher n Philostr de vita Apollon l. 6 c. 9. found fault with the foolish and absurd images in many places and thought it more honourable if the Gods had no images at all The Persians had o Herod Clio. no images for they thought it a madnesse to worship God by such The Germans in their paynisme p Corn. Tacit de mor. Germ. held it unlawfull to paint their Gods on walls or expresse them in any humane shape And Numa the King of the antique Romans q Plutarch in Numa forbad them to think that the image of God had the shape of a man or form of other living creature Yet Rome that now is alloweth r Bellar. de imag Sanct. l. 2 c. 8. the image of God the Father in form of an ●ld man and of the Holy Ghost in form of a doue Though the holy Prophet inveighing against this vanity demandeth Isa. 40.18 To whom will ye liken God or what similitude will ye set up unto him And though the learned Varro in August de ●ivit Dei l. 4. c. 31. Heathen by light of nature approved the practise of ancient Rome worshipping the Gods without any images almost two hundred yeares and blamed those that first brought in images as authors of errour and causes of impiety yet such is the loue of this whorish Church to these teachers u H●b 2.18 of lies the counterfeits of God as she adoreth thē or the divill in them to fulfill that which is written of her that men would x Rev. 9.20 not repent of the works of their hands and of the worship of divils and idols of gold and of silver and of brasse and of stone and of wood which neither can see neither hear nor goe 10 In another point also hath our Babylons zeal surpassed Jeroboams to weet in her Clergie and multitude of Church officers For Ieroboam had none but simple y 1 Kin. 12.31 Priests to say and doe the Divine service in his high places But our Iezebel hath founded Priests and Arch-priests Lord Bishops and Arch-bishops Deans and Arch-deacons Suffragans Cardinals Patriarch● and Popes Abbots Friars Monks Seminaries Iesuits and a number moe Chemarims her Ecclesiasticall senate to guard her throne to fight her battels to retail her wares and to satisfie by them her superstitious lust which hath been even insatiable as was z Ezek. 16 28.29 the whores of Israel And Priapus the Pope is a Bellar. de Pont. l. 2. c. 31. bridegroom of this spowse and hath preeminence over all to powr out his fornications upon her by his doctrines canons rites ceremonies decrees and decretals for he is b Bellar. d● head of this Church and Prince of the Priests Father and Doctor of all Christians and Bishop universall who c Bellar. d● Pont. l. 4. c. 3. when he teacheth the whole Church in things pertaining to faith cannot err by any hap or chance and d Ibid. c. 5 not onely in matters of faith but in precepts of manners also prescribed to the whole Church he cannot err and his wife the catholick church e Ibid. c. 1 hath alwaies beleeved that he is a true Ecclesiastical Prince in the whole Church who can of his own authority without consent of the people or counsel of the Priests make laws which binde the conscience can judg in causes ecclesiastical as other judges doe and punish also the disobedient And his lawyers haue born men in hand that this Pope may dispense against ● q. 1. ●icunq gloss the Law of God and against 5. q. 6. ●orit In 〈◊〉 the law of nature even with the Precepts of the old and new Testament Summ. Angel in dict Pap. that his bare will must Extra de ●sc epis● ●anto in ●ssa bee holden for a law and whatsoever he doth no man may Extra de ●ces Preb. oposuit gloss say to him why doe you this And whosoever obeyeth not his precepts Dist. 81. qui sunt ● gloss incurreth the sin of idolatry Finally to lift up their blasphemy to the highest they honour him with this title l Cum inter 〈◊〉 gloss our Lord God the Pope And although this Romish Synagogue hath received some of her jolly Church Prelats with their exorbitant power by imitation of her Heathenish Predecessors Romulus and Numa Pompilius 〈◊〉 Ioh. 22 〈◊〉 Livius 1. who made Flamins Arch-flamins and a Pontifex Maximus to sacrifice unto the Gods and some of their ceremonies from other Infidels as the shaving of Priests crowns like n Hieron ● Ezek. 44 ●0 the Priests of Isis Scrapis in Aegypt yet neither antique Rome nor Aegipt nor Babylon nor any nation in the world ever foūded such a pompous Hierarchie such store and varity of Divines

King 11.29 hee appointed me hereunto by his Prophet and chose me t 1 King 12.20 by his people I am not inferiour to any Prince that hath been before me What though I be not born of kingly bloud neither was David And what though Solomon and Rehoboam his son were possessed of the crown before me So was Saul and Ishbosheth his son possessed of it before king David But God for Sauls sin u 1 Sa● 12.28 gaue the kingdom to David his servant and no man doubteth of his lawfull title so God for Solomons sin x 1 King ●1 31 hath given this kingdom to me his servant and my title is just Neither goe I beyond my line I am content with my ten Tribes let Rehoboam haue the rest Now being your lawfull Prince ô Israel it lyeth me upon to see the Church ordered as well as the Common-wealth to make Lawes no● contrary to the lawes of God for the holy and peaceable government of you to take heed you fall not to Solomons idolatry or follow other Gods Things substantiall and fundamentall I will in no wise change circumstances of things and ceremonies I may freely change for they are not permanent or perpetuall 18 And herein I can assure my selfe and others by example of DAVID the beloved of GOD y 1 King ●1 34.38 commended to me for his holy walking and upright admistration He ordred many things in the service of God otherwise then he had expresse warrant for in the written Law He removed the Ark z 1 Chron. 13. 15. from Kirjath-jearim to Ierusalem He appointed a 1 Chr. 16 ● 5 c. instruments of musick cimbals and vials and harps c. wherof there is no mention in Moses Law He b 1 Chron. 23. 25. distributed the Levites into their orders and offices making some singers some porters some assistants to the Priests yea and c 1 Chr. 24 the sacrifices hee set in 24 classes or courses and where shall we find these things warranted in the Law If David then our worthy Predecessor did thus order the Church and alter the ceremonies by his regall authority may not I which haue equall power in my dominions doe the like And Solomon his son before he fell from the true God to idols did many things otherwise then is written in Moses and God did allow them In his famous Temple he had d 2 Chron. 4.7.8 ten golden candlesticks and ten tables whereas God by Moses ordained of each e Ex. 26.35 but one In sted of one laver that Moses made to wash in Solomon made f 2 Chr. 4.6 ten cauldrons besides that other vessel which for the hugeness of it is called g vers 2. a sea with many other differences which who so compareth his works with Moses writings may easily perceiv These Priests of Levi are much to bee pittied that urge so the letter of the Law which I think they understand not They say it is written h Deut. 4.2 Yee shall put nothing to the word that J command you nor take ought therefrom but they minde not how this intendeth matters of faith and doctrines fundamentall which I willingly grant may in no wise be corrupted but ceremonies are variable and circumstances may be changed upon every just occasion as before I haue proved and the practise of my godly predecessours doth approue Accordingly mean I to retain my liberty and maintain my prerogatiue royall 19 It resteth to be scanned how we shal doe for Ministers if the Priests of Levi be put away And for this I i 2 Chron. 13.9 am reproched as violating the Law wheras necessity constraineth me to take other order I know that Aarons sonnes are appoinred by Law to doe the Priests office but the power is in the Church of whom they had their authority and mought still administer if they were not so scrupulous It is then their own fault that they are deposed and be it upon them for wee will serv God as did our fathers before these Aaronites injoyed the Priesthood I finde that of old the Patriarchs k Gen. 12.8 13.4.18 c. Abraham Isaak and Jaakob offered sacrifices themselues even then when Melchisedek the l Gen. 14 18.19 Priest of the most high God lived in the land I finde again how Moses did send m Ex. 24. yong men of the children of Israel to offer burnt offrings and peace offrings to the Lord. How ever therefore for order sake this work was committed to the sonns of Aaron yet hold I it not to be of necessity to salvation or of the essence and being of a true sacrifice that an Aaronite must offer it But seeing all the Lords people are holy yea a n Ex. 19. kingdom of Priests as the Lord calleth them in his Law they may no doubt being duely sanctified and consecrate thereto offer acceptable sacrifices unto God And hereof will I haue care that none shall administer o 1 King 12.31 but such as are consecrate but I will not debar p 1 King 13.33 any be he of what Tribe soever if he be fit otherwise As for these refractarie Ministers the Levites I will revenge me of them for they are the troublers of the State the boutefeus that set on fire all the country For loe how many people q 2 Chron 11.16.17 of all the Tribes of Israel are ready to leaue the land and run to Rehoboam in Ierusalem These men are the cause of all this stur and faction their doctrine impeacheth my supremacy and disturbeth the peace of the Church Wherfore as Solomon 1 Kin. 27 cast out Abiathar from being Priest unto the Lord because his hand was with Adonijah I also by like right 2 Chron. ●1 14 will cast out these Priests of Levi whose hands are with my enemy Rehoboam So rest and peace shall be unto my selfe and to my people 20 Yet a few words more of the events that are happened which in their simplicity many doe mistake and abuse against me The Prophet 1 King 3.1 that came out of Iudah to Bethel and gaue there a sign made some for to think I had sinned in deed My selfe I confesse was somewhat moved when I felt u vers 4. my arm withered but seriously weighing things after as they were I stayed my thoughts For first he came but as any false Prophet if God so permit may come at all times I mean with sign and wonder but without word of truth to convince the conscience He x vers 2. cryed against the altar but shewed no law of the Lord to condemn it He threatned destruction but who knows when the day shall come for no time was set down that men may be held with continuall expectation I find in the Law that a y Deut. 13 1.2 c. Prophet may arise giving a sign or wonder which shal come to passe and yet his