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can_v prove_v say_v he_o by_o evident_a argument_n that_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o all_o man_n shall_v honour_v the_o son_n as_o they_o do_v the_o father_n dei_fw-la honorem_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la docemur_fw-la say_v hilary_n 54._o we_o understand_v how_o to_o worship_v god_n by_o himself_o s._n chrysostom_n say_v antioch_n let_v we_o learn_v to_o honour_n christ_n as_o he_o will_v have_v we_o for_o that_o be_v the_o most_o please_a honour_n which_o he_o will_v have_v and_o not_o that_o which_o we_o will_v give_v s._n peter_n think_v to_o honour_n christ_n by_o refuse_v to_o be_v wash_v but_o this_o be_v not_o honour_n but_o direct_o contrary_a which_o i_o desire_v t._n g._n to_o take_v notice_n of_o that_o he_o may_v better_o understand_v that_o god_n can_v be_v honour_v by_o prohibit_v act_n of_o worship_n whatever_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o person_n be_v but_o one_o will_v think_v this_o be_v a_o principle_n so_o reasonable_a in_o itself_o that_o i_o need_v 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appropriate_a to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n to_o any_o creature_n we_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o christ_n do_v take_v away_o by_o the_o design_n of_o his_o doctrine_n that_o external_a ceremonial_a worship_n that_o be_v among_o the_o jew_n but_o he_o no_o where_o give_v the_o least_o intimation_n that_o any_o act_n which_o before_o be_v peculiar_a to_o god_n may_v now_o be_v give_v to_o any_o else_o beside_o he_o nay_o instead_o of_o this_o he_o lay_v down_o the_o same_o fundamental_a precept_n of_o worship_n which_o be_v in_o the_o law_n thou_o shall_v worship_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o he_o only_o shall_v thou_o serve_v and_o he_o explain_v it_o more_o clear_o to_o avoid_v all_o ambiguity_n in_o it_o by_o express_v that_o restrictive_a particle_n only_o which_o be_v employ_v before_o his_o apostle_n utter_o refuse_v any_o thing_n like_o divine_a honour_n be_v give_v to_o they_o and_o when_o one_o of_o they_o after_o a_o ecstatical_a manner_n fall_v down_o before_o a_o angel_n he_o be_v severe_o rebuke_v for_o it_o and_o bid_v to_o worship_n god_n so_o that_o our_o adversary_n grant_v that_o since_o the_o incarnation_n the_o angel_n will_v not_o receive_v any_o adoration_n from_o man_n it_o seem_v then_o the_o gospel_n be_v so_o far_o from_o give_v any_o countenance_n to_o it_o that_o it_o suggest_v a_o new_a argument_n against_o it_o 5._o the_o notion_n of_o idolatry_n under_o the_o gospel_n do_v remain_v the_o same_o that_o it_o be_v before_o for_o we_o find_v such_o a_o sin_n often_o express_v and_o condemn_v and_o caution_n give_v against_o it_o neither_o be_v you_o idolater_n 10.7.14_o as_o be_v some_o of_o they_o wherefore_o my_o dear_o belove_a flee_v from_o idolatry_n little_a child_n keep_v yourselves_o from_o idol_n 5.21_o what_o notion_n of_o idolatry_n can_v they_o have_v but_o what_o be_v the_o same_o which_o the_o jew_n have_v from_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n the_o notion_n of_o idolatry_n be_v a_o new_a thing_n among_o the_o gentile_n who_o 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people_n have_v great_a need_n to_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o this_o matter_n of_o worship_n lest_o say_v he_o they_o make_v god_n of_o the_o saint_n nam_fw-la multos_fw-la inveni_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la christianè_fw-la institutos_fw-la i_o have_v find_v many_o not_o well_o instruct_v in_o this_o matter_n it_o seem_v not_o only_o the_o people_n commit_v idolatry_n but_o their_o teacher_n do_v not_o instruct_v they_o well_o enough_o to_o avoid_v it_o and_o ludou._n vives_n be_v not_o so_o lucky_a a_o man_n as_o t._n g._n for_o he_o say_v that_o many_o christian_n do_v most_o time_n offend_v in_o a_o good_a thing_n i._n e._n give_v honour_n to_o saint_n for_o 27._o he_o say_v they_o worship_v they_o no_o otherwise_o than_o they_o do_v god_n neither_o do_v i_o find_v in_o many_o thing_n any_o difference_n between_o their_o opinion_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o the_o heathen_n of_o their_o go_n t.g._n take_v notice_n of_o this_o passage_n of_o vives_n 436._o and_o blame_v i_o for_o leave_v out_o in_o re_fw-mi bona_fw-la in_o a_o thing_n good_a in_o itself_o let_v he_o make_v as_o much_o of_o this_o as_o he_o please_v for_o it_o only_o show_v that_o he_o be_v a_o through_o papist_n although_o he_o charge_v the_o people_n with_o the_o downright_a practice_n of_o idolatry_n and_o if_o it_o only_o imply_v a_o error_n and_o abuse_n in_o practice_n yet_o he_o show_v both_o these_o be_v too_o common_a among_o they_o and_o that_o the_o catholic_n in_o his_o time_n be_v not_o so_o wise_a as_o those_o t._n g._n have_v meet_v with_o but_o it_o may_v be_v he_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o that_o if_o they_o be_v ask_v the_o question_n in_o their_o catechism_n they_o answer_v it_o as_o he_o say_v which_o be_v as_o good_a a_o way_n to_o free_v they_o from_o the_o practice_n of_o idolatry_n as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v suspect_v of_o adultery_n and_o t._n g._n shall_v answer_v for_o he_o that_o can_v be_v for_o he_o understand_v better_a than_o so_o for_o when_o i_o ask_v he_o the_o commandment_n he_o say_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o commit_v adultery_n polydore_v virgil_n be_v not_o so_o happy_a as_o t._n g._n for_o speak_v of_o the_o solemn_a rite_n of_o supplication_n when_o the_o image_n of_o saint_n be_v carry_v in_o procession_n he_o say_v i_o fear_v 1._o i_o fear_v we_o rather_o please_v the_o heathen_a god_n than_o christ_n by_o such_o practice_n which_o without_o all_o question_n he_o say_v be_v take_v from_o the_o heathen_a custom_n and_o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o worship_n of_o image_n 13._o be_v as_o true_a of_o that_o of_o saint_n that_o the_o people_n be_v arrive_v to_o that_o degree_n of_o madness_n that_o their_o worship_n differ_v very_o little_a from_o idolatry_n cassander_n say_v 21._o that_o the_o people_n trust_v so_o much_o to_o the_o patronage_n and_o intercession_n of_o the_o saint_n who_o they_o worship_v with_o dull_a not_o to_o say_v profane_a ceremony_n that_o they_o hope_v for_o the_o pardon_n of_o their_o sin_n although_o they_o do_v not_o amend_v their_o
to_o the_o supreme_a god_n inferior_a worship_n to_o the_o god_n under_o he_o and_o so_o proportionable_o till_o they_o come_v to_o their_o hero_n or_o deify_v person_n to_o who_o they_o allow_v the_o low_a kind_n and_o degree_n of_o worship_n for_o it_o be_v a_o palpable_a mistake_n in_o any_o who_o think_v they_o do_v give_v the_o same_o degree_n of_o honour_n and_o worship_n to_o all_o plutarch_n say_v 361._o that_o plato_n do_v put_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o worship_n of_o celestial_a god_n and_o daemon_n and_o so_o do_v xenocrates_n between_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o good_a daemon_n and_o those_o sour_a and_o morose_a and_o vindictive_a spirit_n which_o live_v in_o the_o air._n plato_n he_o tell_v we_o make_v it_o the_o office_n of_o good_a daemon_n to_o carry_v man_n prayer_n to_o the_o god_n and_o to_o bring_v from_o they_o oracle_n and_o other_o divine_a gift_n and_o so_o their_o worship_n must_v be_v suitable_a to_o their_o employment_n which_o be_v inferior_a 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give_v equal_a degree_n of_o honour_n to_o the_o god_n and_o hero_n herodotus_n say_v of_o the_o greek_n euterpe_n that_o they_o worship_v hercules_n two_o way_n one_o as_o a_o immortal_a deity_n and_o so_o they_o sacrifice_v to_o he_o and_o another_o as_o a_o hero_n and_o so_o they_o celebrate_v his_o memory_n isocrates_n distinguish_v between_o the_o honour_n of_o hero_n and_o god_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o menelaus_n and_o helena_n helen_n but_o the_o distinction_n be_v no_o where_o more_o full_o express_v than_o in_o the_o greek_a inscription_n upon_o the_o statue_n of_o regilla_n wife_n to_o herodes_n atticus_n as_o salmasius_n think_v 81._o which_o be_v set_v up_o in_o his_o temple_n at_o triopium_n and_o take_v from_o the_o statue_n itself_o by_o sirmondus_n where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o she_o have_v neither_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o mortal_a nor_o yet_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o go_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o any_o ask_v wherein_o the_o difference_n of_o these_o honour_n lay_v lilius_fw-la gyraldus_n say_v 501._o that_o the_o god_n be_v worship_v to_o the_o east_n the_o hero_n to_o the_o west_n vossius_fw-la think_v 12._o that_o among_o the_o greek_n and_o roman_n it_o lay_v in_o have_v their_o image_n carry_v in_o the_o public_a procession_n but_o without_o sacrifice_n and_o their_o name_n put_v into_o the_o saliar_fw-la hymn_n at_o rome_n and_o insert_v into_o the_o peplus_fw-la of_o minerva_n at_o athens_n hesychius_n make_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o hero_n to_o lie_v in_o a_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d a_o statue_n and_o a_o fountain_n but_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o alexander_n say_v that_o he_o send_v to_o the_o oracle_n of_o ammon_n to_o know_v whether_o hephaestion_n shall_v be_v make_v a_o god_n or_o no_o the_o oracle_n answer_v that_o they_o shall_v honour_v he_o and_o sacrifice_n to_o he_o as_o to_o a_o hero_n whence_o we_o observe_v that_o the_o material_a act_n of_o sacrifice_n as_o t._n g._n speak_v may_v be_v common_a to_o god_n and_o hero_n but_o the_o inward_a intention_n of_o the_o mind_n make_v the_o great_a difference_n between_o their_o worship_n beside_o that_o which_o be_v express_v in_o the_o inscription_n of_o regilla_n viz._n that_o the_o honour_n of_o one_o sort_n be_v look_v on_o as_o a_o voluntary_a act_n but_o the_o other_o be_v a_o necessary_a duty_n they_o may_v sacrifice_v and_o pray_v to_o the_o hero_n who_o be_v the_o beati_fw-la among_o they_o but_o no_o man_n be_v absolute_o bind_v to_o do_v it_o but_o those_o who_o be_v devout_a and_o religious_a will_v as_o salmasius_n there_o explain_v the_o word_n of_o the_o inscription_n 118._o and_o it_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o critic_n that_o among_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v word_n of_o a_o different_a importance_n i._n e._n in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n to_o beatify_v and_o to_o canonize_v for_o i_o perceive_v the_o heathen_a hero_n do_v stand_v upon_o their_o preferment_n as_o well_o as_o the_o roman_a saint_n and_o those_o who_o have_v be_v beatify_v a_o competent_a time_n come_v to_o be_v canonize_v at_o last_o so_o plutarch_n say_v 255._o of_o isis_n and_o osiris_n hercules_n and_o bacchus_n that_o for_o their_o virtue_n of_o good_a daemon_n they_o be_v promote_v to_o deity_n and_o of_o lampsaca_n that_o she_o have_v at_o first_o only_o heroical_a honour_n give_v she_o and_o afterward_o come_v to_o divine_a it_o seem_v by_o the_o inscription_n of_o herodes_n and_o by_o the_o testament_n of_o epicteta_n extant_a in_o greek_a in_o the_o collection_n of_o inscription_n 216._o that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o particular_a family_n to_o keep_v festival_n day_n in_o honour_n of_o some_o of_o their_o own_o family_n and_o to_o give_v heroical_a honour_n to_o they_o in_o that_o noble_a inscription_n at_o venice_n we_o find_v three_o day_n appoint_v every_o year_n to_o be_v keep_v and_o a_o confraternity_n establish_v for_o that_o 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about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o when_o he_o give_v a_o account_n of_o this_o law_n in_o his_o book_n against_o celsus_n 23._o he_o never_o mention_n it_o but_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o say_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o law_n be_v to_o forbid_v any_o kind_n of_o image_n tertullian_n say_v that_o god_n hereby_o do_v forbid_v all_o kind_n of_o similitude_n quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la imaginis_fw-la suae_fw-la how_o much_o more_o any_o image_n of_o himself_o and_o elsewhere_o he_o make_v a_o idol_n and_o a_o image_n the_o same_o thing_n 4._o and_o in_o another_o place_n that_o god_n do_v prohibit_v all_o similitude_n to_o prevent_v any_o occasion_n of_o idolatry_n for_o he_o add_v thou_o shall_v not_o bow_v down_o to_o they_o nor_o worship_v they_o 22._o therefore_o say_v he_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n be_v not_o against_o the_o law_n be_v not_o for_o worship_n but_o for_o a_o remedy_n nor_o the_o cherubin_n be_v mere_o ornament_n and_o therefore_o not_o fall_v 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