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Show 01' THE K INGDOME Part.4. CI):1P.4.S. Pm"; it 15 dc. a and of the Phantafiicall Demon, or ldol,to which gncother or death, of fear the from ly edone proce anl Il'mde) 7 fl ‘ . c ‘ ent-7 heleil a fin in them that l(}) "or and is (pate .iiniihm h nevert ‘ it sous P rate they be men whofc aetions are looked at by ot reis,as - \ L i . N - fl; ‘ '4 . llnltsnto guide them by-7 becaulefollowing their \\ .135,l they ctln t ie ‘ v "CS ' \ll] KENS] ' ' ion. ' ofi Relig ' the way A in 0 l but Rumble, and tall 13t , 11:) Ceaufcs atla us on not works not, d regar we thofe of le niiamp 'a ent yt aren ‘ i n,- and confeq H nce and cautio eus to our own dilige ‘ ._ r fallinv. 0t I‘llltlierefoi'e a Pafior lawfully called to teach and diiec‘t otléers, or . ,,n Moe m ex« ' a grea‘t. >o p inion - is ' wledo * ' kno . t,e there other of" whoie Elite: ‘31}: :nziall lidnot to an Idol tor tear, unleifc he. makchis 210u tfnwillinoneife to it, as evident as the woriliip; lilechan {1112,2 b t edgc ie rot knowl us ‘or Mum ry. him f Idolat ., ' ' xe ' appro ' to ng b ieemi by Brother-5 Afid ing from the aftion of his teacher, bor (l f 11 . it {m}: ', , in u aw ee t ' ' _ , no . being an 2d§54;242gwm . But if one ‘ - lll] guy) C0n§1 he' CRmmCt ian Chrzil -e in L . ion for i ‘ k non"l C( tion ' t ienita ‘ m)' l - , 15 =minen this bCJndi ‘ l'afl0t, n01 Oflc f' 'iild anothertollowhim, thisisnoStan' e is a but"wk M 4m x") le: 3Came to follow fuch_ examp for ltie1Clm dmnot ven; doc Dofti‘inc, dalloi 1‘ A n f it t, e , himlt . of . taketh hee l t ' \JhiCi ‘ ll A Standa D 01' " ‘ to .in death o of Wowei }1 me in , rnedman, t l m isl ncemen: For an unlea prete before . f commander. on pan t ' ‘ ' , hec t heart _ his 7 in rather A Idoll .. l ie t fi l It eti d ‘ etc ", _ hee 015m Idoll, ng3 ‘v an (lOlfitl‘OUS ' befOie worflii as doth will. though it he had the fortitude tO‘i‘Uficlllcfl‘tcjrh )who 131mg; :lfingiyal-mcm 1" than woriliip it: he iliould doe better. liefpeétbfotherChriihanmens eonftiences, but a peifidious tOi ' _ p, ‘ _ km'lghe ftimme gfth'it which 1 have faid lllllilufo, lCQnLcinlIng the Lof image, m" an1 ‘ m" (r‘Illll i , that he that n ' .on‘ t uppt ' this i Images,k 15 ‘ ' ' ipot "Oilh v or I . 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Matte ‘ the 5 ‘" , tithei r anv Creature ittimns tt1i%c\ _bot]li 01 it, in dwell to th thinke he (his 03m which , 0 ‘: , ll:7m Lcomm ' oii lid]. l is, - l'iaye l shear his ‘ thing beleevetli that luch "4101': q t. it am ry; Idolat without Fars or lives, committeth feitetli fucli Vl'orlliip for fear of pumihment, it he hit. .1 in. in:I LC ex-rinpleliath bmvrraiiiongilltis Brethren, LOllililltttf11_l illl . t: m r. , I l . : l that \i'oriliippeth the Creator of the world belore lutiiltrn Liili'nsktkn in fuch aplace as he hath not‘madC, orvtholtnotliimitlte, ;- did m ‘ ' I )t A u; from the coiiimandement of Gods Word , .tsdtntlz {rel-£11") B", worihippimz (Sod before the Cherubins, an V‘NL \‘1 M law ten Serpent for a time, and in, or towards the leniyht P ‘1'. ltiofalem, which was alio but for atime, COIIllIllItLt .:‘;ud ‘ gandlttil.‘iri‘.t\ p. hey ‘ ' , and lniage h",lilo": for the Worihip of‘ Saints » h (:i-‘m inror mc, h M. ‘1" hno!" oiRo tointhe Churc at this' day ' "'f‘l Otlit‘r things ' ' practi I hm Pm")! 1m are not allowed by the \Nord or God,noi moth: of Ruiiic, from the Dofirinc there In a , Céap.4§. countenanced , and confirmed , and augmented and afterwards by the Biihops of Rome. ‘ As for the proofs alledged out of Scripture, name ly, thof c ex- Anfwer turbo amples of Images appointed by God to bee fet up; The y were Argument not fer up for the people, or any man to worl hip; but that the {Mn-""9 Cl-‘f‘ fhould worihip God himfelfe before them before the Cheru- '"bin‘ 7 ,‘M bins over the Ark,and the Brazen Serpent.; asFor the Prieft, or any other did worihip the Cherubin we read not, that Elm" "7 s, but contrarily Flm' wee read( 2 King: 18.4.)that Hezekiah brake in piece s the Brazen Serpent whichMofes had fet up, becaufe the Peop le burn t incenfe to it. Befides, thofe examples are not put for our Imit atio n,that we alfoihouldfet tip Images, under pretence of wori hipp ing God before them; beea ufe the words of the fecond Commandem ent, T/rauflmlt not make to t/Jyfr/fe (my griev e/z Image, (ye. (liftin- guiih between the Images that God com mma and thofe which Wee fet up to our felves. nded to be fet u , And therefore from the Chetubins, or Brazen Serpent, to the Images of mans devifing; and from the VVorihip commanded by to the Will. Worihip of men, the argument is not good. God, This alfo is to bee confidercd, that as Hezekiah brake in pieces the Brazen Ser nt, becaufe the jews did worfhip it, to the end they lhould doe lo nd more; f0 3112) Chriflian Soveraigns ought to k down the Images which their Subjet‘ts have been acetiflombrea ed to worihip; that there be no more occalion of fuch Idolatry. For atthis day,the ignorant People, where Imaoes are worlhipp ed,d t etc is a Divme Power in fire [images-and are oe really belecve told by their P.1- fiors, that {wine ofthem have {poke-n; and have bled; and that mi- . t 1L111] ._m f mun-31 . en to team I" lll _ ertak - ha'sund ' s Meile' ngei, Chrifi p 2, u. , ' {hould doe the lame , it were.v not, one ) a _. in ,. ations ' yofhiscliar e. or DARKNESSE. in it at the fin} converfion of the Gentiles; H radesliat'e been done by them-, which they apprehen d as done bv the Saint, whichthey think either is the Imag eit he IfrlClltCS , whenthey worihi ped the Calfe, did(elf, or init. worlhipped the God that broughttllem out of Egyp think they was Idolatry, beczuie they thoughtthc Calfe eithe t; and yet it or had him in his belly. And thotighfome manm r wasthar God, aythinkitimpoiiible for peopicto be io [‘tupid, as to think the Imag e to be God, or a Saint 7 or to WOlllllp it in that notion; yet it is mani fefl in Scripture to the contrary, where when the Gold en Calfe was made, the peoplefaid, ‘ ‘Tbtf: arc 1/27 Goal} 0 [frat], and where the "Fxoddzvi't Images of Laban ' are called his (10ng- And wee fee daily perience in all forts of People, that fuch men asihidy noth 'by ex- * 6171.31.70. ing but their food and eafe,are content to beleeve any abl‘urdity rathe , r than to trouble themfelve> to examine it; holding their faith as it were by entaile unalienable, except by an expre lle and new Law. But they inferre from fome other places, that iris lawfullto paint Emit/1:. 0f Angels, and alfo God liiinfelfe :as from Gods walking inthe (jarv flfm" {‘0 1' den, from jacobsfeeing God at the top ofth ther Viiions, and Dreams. But Vifions,and e ladder, and fromo' 2‘72";F",:1‘:U Dreams, whether na- lam"; rural ], or inpcrnaturall, are but Phautafincs: and he that paimIcth 1" 1min; n. mage |