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A15104	A godlye and fruitefull sermon against idolatrie vvherein the foolishe distinctions and false interpretations of the seconde commandement, and other scriptures pretended by the Papists, are plainly and fully confuted: preached the .xv. daye of Ianuarie. 1581. in the parrishe church of Eaton Sooken, within the countie of Bedforde, by P.W. minister and preacher in that place.	White, Peter, Vicar of Eaton Socon.	1581 (1581)	STC 25402; ESTC S106308	12,644	48

bewray their folly and lack of vnderstāding for as a perticuler precept doth not disanul or make frustrate a generall cōmandement but serueth or is applied vnto the perticuler or speciall parties place for whom where it is cōmanded so these Cherubs were not seene but only by the hie Priest that but once by the yeere and the brasē serpent was not erected in the Tabernacle or temple but in the wildernesse where the firy serpents did bite the people which serpent Ezechias brake al to powder cast it into the brooke Cedrō which he would neuer haue done if there had any vse at all remayned thereof vnto the people Therefore these thinges be so farre frō the coulering of imagery in the Church that they vtterly ouerthrowe thē Thus much for the candlesticks The question among vs now in contention is of imagery and whether this part of the Roodelofte yet standing be a monument of Adolatry or not whyche question through the paine iangling of some rash and vnskilful persons are grown into these braunches First that the Papists placed their images in the Churche onely to represent and put menne in memorye and not to bee worshypped of the people That the second cōmandment doth not forbid the making hauing of images in religion but the worship of them only for the which there is pretended a translation of St. Hierome which hath the Text in this maner Non facies sculptile vt adores Thau shalte not make any grauen image to the intent to do Godly honour thereto There is further pretended Lactantius de Jmaginibus and Augustine who should say you shal not breake down images wher they may do good as by images S. Austin thought some good might come Thirdly that Jdolum Simulachrum do far differ from that which is called image or similitude Fourthly that this part of the Roodloft yet standing is no monument of idolatry That the defendors of these absurdities whose opinion iudgemēt to the discredit of the doctrine of the gospel in this place was is takē for Apollo his oracles in so much as some here present haue sayd that they had rather haue their learning who defended these thinges then much riches many of you haue sayde that they be wel read in scriptures doctours they haue the scriptures fathers at their fingers ends so redye are they that our minister is not able to answere them That the defendors I say haue neither learning reason nor gouernmēt of thēselues It shal appeare in handling of these things both by scripture doctors and otherwise as occasion offereth Now touching the first branche It shall playnely appeare that the papistes both by decrees of Counsels writings of their Doctors practises had Images in their Churches not only to represent but especially to be worshipped In the 2. councell of Nice it was thus decreede Definimus enim omni diligentia et cura venerandas sanctas imagines ad modum et formam venerande et viuificātis crucis coloribus et tessellis aut alia quauis materia commodé paratas dedicandas et in templis sanctis Dei collocandas habendasque We doe with all care diligēce decree that holy Images worthy of worship be made after the manner fashion of the worshipful holy Crosse that giueth life with colours wainscot or any other matter conueniently prepared be placed had in the holy temples of god And in the same sessiō Concil Nic 2. An. 681 temp Adriani primi Pope act 10. Imaginis enim honor in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 resultat et qui adorat imaginem in ea adorat quodcunque descriptū argumentum Truly the honor done vnto the image reboundeth vnto that thing that the image doeth represente and hee that worshippeth an image worshippeth in the image vvhatsoeuer is by the image represented And ymmedyatelye after in the same session Jbidem Sancta synodus exclamauit omnes sic credimus omnes idem sapimus omnes approbantes subscripsimus haec est fides Apostolorum haec est fides patrum haec est fides orthodoxorū haec fides orbem terrarum confirmauit credentes in vnum Deum in trinitat● laudatum venerandas imagines amplexamur qui secus agunt Anathemate percelluntur qui sic non sentiunt ab ecclesia depelluntur The holy Synode cried out a main we al do thus beleeue we all so think we all allowing the same haue subscribed this is the faith of the Apostles this is the faith of the fathers this is the faith of all them that taught the truth this fayth hath confyrmed the whole world we beleeuing in one God praised in trinitie do receiue and imbrace Images to be worshipped whosoeuer do not so be excommunicated whosoeuer thinketh otherwise let him be expelled out of the Church The fourth councell of Constantinople holden in the time of Pope Adrian the second hath thus decreede Sacrā imaginem domini nostri Iesu Christi et omnium saluatoris equo honore cū libro sanctorum Euangeliorum adorari decerminꝰ We do decree that the holy image of our Lord Iesu Christe the Sauior of al mē Act. 8. Cap. 3. shall be adored and worshipped with equall honour of the bookes of the holy Euangelists And in the ende of the same Canon Dignius est enim propter congruentiā rationis et antiquissimam traditionem propter honorem qui ad principalia ipsa refertur et iam declaratiue imagines honorentur et adorentur It is very meet both for the congruence of reason the most ancient tradition and for the honor that is referred vnto the principal that images be honored and worshipped And in the councell of Trident the last session usdem Episcopis mandat vt doceant sanctorum inuocationem reliquiorum honorem et imaginū vsum et eos qui aliter doceant impié sentire praedicent id quod consiliorū praesertim verô secundae Niciae decretis contra imaginum oppugnatores est sancsitum The Synode cōmanded the Bishops that they teache the inuocation of Saintes the honour of reliques the vse of images and they shall preach that all that teach otherwise are of a wicked iudgement the which thing is stablished in the decrees of Counsels but especially in the second counsel of Nice against the oppugnors or gainsaiers of images Rationale durandi lib. 3. de pict et ornamentis Ecclesie And doctor Durandus amōg other things for the worship of images hath this verse Effigiū Christi qui trāsis pronus adora Thou that passest by the Image of Christ fall downe groueling and worship And a little after Picturas non licet frangere ea occasione quod adorari non debent pictura namque videtur plus mouere animum quā scriptura It is not lawful to breake images because they shoulde not be worshipped for it is thought an Image doeth more moue the mynd then Scripture Thus you heare that imagery was placed in the