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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

Antedecor so doeth Origine vppon the Romaynes so doeth also Epiphanius the Bishoppe of Cipris who as hee wente towarde Bethell to meete with the Bishoppe of Hierusalem passing by a Village called Anablatha hee entered an Oratorye or house of praier and sayth hee inueni velum dependens in foribus eiusdem Ecclesiae tinctum atque depictum et habens imagenem quasi Christi vel sancti cuiusdam non enim satis memini cuius Jmago fuerit cum hoc vidissem in Ecclesia Christi contra authoritatem Scripturarū hominis pendere imaginem scidi c. I founde a cloth hanging in the enteraunce of the Churche stayned and paynted hauinge the Image as it were of Christe or of some other Saynte I doe not well remember vvhose Image it vvas vvhen I sawe the Image of a manne hang in the Churche of Christe contrarye to the aucthoritye of the Scriptures I cutte it downe c. Thus you also see the Scriptures by Augustine by Origine and Epiphanius applyedde agaynste Christiannes for the hauing of Images yea so farre that by those Scriptures they condemne images matters in religion for Heretikes but now between Jdolum Simulachrum Similitudinem or Jmaginem there is great difference for Idolnus and Simulacrum do euer signify the Idols false Gods of the Gentiles and are not to be applied vnto the images of Christiās this is as skilfull and learned distinction as the rest Tert. de Idol and of like truth Tertullian in his booke against Idolatry deriueth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from his Greeke primitiue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod grece formam sonat ab eo per dimunitionem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deductum aeque apud nos formulam facit igitur omnis forma vel formula idolum se dici exposcit That in greeke doth signifie a forme or fashion for idole by diminutio is brought and doeth with vs indifferentlye signifie a shape or fashion therefore euery shape or forme requireth the name of Idole Loe here is the difference of Jdolū as a greeke word et Similitudo or Imago a Latin word signifying the self the same thing for Simulacrū a Grammer Boye hauing learned the seconde parte of Grammer can tel you that similitudo commeth from similes that signifieth like so doeth simulacrum come from simulatum that signifieth to liken so simulacrum and similitudo are both one and signifieth a likenesse or Image as imago Loe here is their great learning that so boldlye and rashly talke they know not what thus muche for the thyrde branche They say this Roodelofte is no monument of Idolatrie Tert de Idola● Tertullian telleth vs that monumentum is anye thing that putteth in minde the memory of thinges not present Nowe enter into the consideration of your owne myndes and remember with youre selues whether when you beholde this lofte you at some time or other thinke with youre selues sometime yonder stoode a Crucifixe Mary and Iohn or when your Chyldren doe aske you what this Lofte is or why it standeth there and is more gaye then the residue of the Churche Doe you not aunswere It was the Roodelofte there stoode the Roode Mary and Iohn and when they saye further where is now the Roodes and why is it now taken awaye do you not aunswere They were Idoles and therefore are taken away Thus both the iudgemente of Tertullian yea of all learned men the cogitation of your own mindes the questioning of your young ones the common name whereby it is called teacheth that it is a Monumente of Idolatrie Further the Lawes of this Realme the iudgemente of our most gratious prince whom the Almighty euer preserue to the vtter ouerthrowe of Idolatrie with the practise of her Commissioners giuen vnto diuerse learned menne of this Realme as well in the common Lawes and ciuile Lawes as in Diuinitie teacheth vs that this Roodelofte is a monumente of Idolatrie for euery where in the fyrste yeare of her Gracious reigne they gaue commaundement to ouerthrowe them in euery place as may appeare vnto you by Saint Neots your next neighbour where Doctor Bentā Doctor Neueson and Sergent Fleetwood caused the Roodlofte there to be cut downe by the seates of the quyer leuing no memoryal thereof that their doyng myght be an example vnto the residue of the countrey to do the like Seing therefore that these proofes do so clearelye declare it to bee a monumente of Idolatry whyche in trueth hath and doeth greatlye offende the consciences of the beste sorte and disquieteth the whole number of this congregation Let me say vnto you as Moyses at the red Sea sayde to the Israelits Exod. 14. whē Pharao had hēmed thē in with his armye feare ye not stande still and beholde the great workes of the Lorde ye see the Egiptians now but after this day shall yee-see them no more be not offended quiet your myndes ye nowe see this monumēt that hath so troubled vs but after this in this fourme and fashiō shall ye see it no more the Lord will so deale with vs assure your selues And thus muche for the fourthe branche Now what learning wisedome and gouernmente those men haue that take vpon thē the defence that Images were not by the Papistes brought into the Church to be worshipped That the commaundement doth not forbid the making and hauing of Images in religion but the worship only that there is such difftrence in signification betweene idolum simulachrum imaginem or similitudinem that one maye not bee put for an other and the scriptures reprouing the Idolatrie of the heathen may not be applyed against the images of Christians finallye that this Roodloft is no monument of Idolatrie by these things alredy said you may easily perceiue what learning soeuer your Minister hath trust me they haue no learning wisdome discretion nor gouernment at all lette them therefore deceiue you no more for as in these things so in other thinges belonging to religion shall you fynde them There bee the bookes that they themselues pretended take them who will carry them whether you will and if I haue not dealt simply playnely and truelye then beleeue me no more but if you finde this saying true then quyet your selues receiue the Doctrine and doubte thereof no longer But some will saye this is verye hote and vncharytable so openlye and so sharpelye to reprooue it woulde haue bene more mylde and priuate GOD is my witnesse I wish no mannes fynger to ake but onelye in the feare of God reprooue not the persons but reprooue and conuince the Errors that the mayntayners thereof maye be ashamed of them and leaue them the simple warned to open they re eares to the hearing of anye suche thinges hereafter S. Paule vnto the Galathians wisheth suche as troubled the Congregation to bee cutte off from them Galat. Phil. 3. To the Phillippians he calleth them Dogges that maintained superstition after the receiuing of the gospell To the Corinthians 1. Cor. 15. he will not call them men that at Ephesus impugned his doctrine but cals thē beastes Christ calleth such wolues In the reuelation of Sainte Iohn Apoc. 9. 2. Pet. 2. suche bee called Locustes Saint Peter calleth them beastes without reason which the mild spirite of God compareth the enimies of his truth vnto Nahum 2. Dan. 9.10 Mich. 4. in Nahum Daniel Miche as in other of the Prophets who will reade shall perceiue Christ our Sauiour the mildest of all others calleth them Wolues theeues and murtherers Iohn Basttist calleth thē the broode of adders Mat. 3. Such therfore as mislike of the vpholding and maynteinance of errors in the sighte of God Ioh. 1. that hee by his Ministers doth with all sharpenesse ryse vp agaynste them giuing them greate charge that when the Wolfe assayleth the Sheepeful●● Mat. 10. that then they do earnestly oppose and sette themselues agaynst such Wolues yea euen vnto the losse of their lyues for if they be colde in such assaultes and preferre the benefite of their temporall quietnesse safetie Eze. 34. before the glorye of God the safety of the soules cōmitted vnto their charge they shall lose theirs owne liues in the world to come and the blood of the simple that so peryshe throughe theyr coldenesse will GOD in the rygour of hys Iustyce requyre at theyr hande the LORD therefore graunte vnto the ministers of hys Gospell suche assistaunce of his holy spirite that with all knowledge zeale and boldnesse they may diligentlye set foorth vnto his people the truth of his worde and with all constancy to withstand and conuince the gainesayers thereof to the aduancing of his own glory the euerlasting comfort of his chosen the downfall ruine of Antichrist whome the Lord Iesus with the glorious presence of his spedy comming confound vtterly ouerthrowe vnto whom with God the father the holy Ghost one eternall and euerlasting God be all glory power dominion both nowe and euer FINIS