A brief answer to the many calumnies of Dr. Henry More, in his pretended Antidote against idolatry. Shewing that no prudent person can, upon any rational ground, be deterr'd from returning to the communion of St. Peter's chair, by any of the doctors best and strongest evidences to the contrary.
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             A brief answer to the many calumnies of Dr. Henry More, in his pretended Antidote against idolatry. Shewing that no prudent person can, upon any rational ground, be deterr'd from returning to the communion of St. Peter's chair, by any of the doctors best and strongest evidences to the contrary.
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           A
           BRIEF
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           Many
           CALUMNIES
           of
           Dr.
           
             HENRY
             MORE
          
           ,
           IN
           HIS
           Pretended
           ANTIDOTE
           AGAINST
           IDOLATRY
           .
        
         
           Shewing
           That
           no
           prudent
           Person
           can
           ,
           upon
           any
           Rational
           Ground
           ,
           be
           deterr'd
           from
           Returning
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           .
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Chair
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Doctors
           best
           and
           strongest
           Evidences
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1672.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           THe
           Reader
           may
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           here
           presented
           ,
           was
           written
           about
           two
           Years
           since
           ,
           without
           any
           thought
           or
           intention
           as
           then
           ,
           for
           the
           Press
           ;
           only
           at
           the
           request
           ,
           &
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           some
           worthy
           friends
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           whereas
           ,
           besides
           Dr.
           More
           ,
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           
           hath
           thought
           it
           not
           below
           his
           Name
           and
           Abilities
           to
           descend
           to
           the
           like
           foul
           and
           injurious
           calumnies
           ,
           in
           his
           late
           Book
           
             Concerning
             the
             Idolatry
             practised
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           ;
           the
           present
           juncture
           ,
           and
           concern
           of
           the
           affair
           ,
           may
           seem
           to
           render
           discourses
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           no
           less
           necessary
           ,
           than
           seasonable
           ,
           for
           the
           undeceiving
           of
           the
           many
           unfortunately-misguided
           Souls
           ,
           whose
           Leaders
           (
           to
           speak
           favourably
           )
           seem
           not
           to
           understand
           ,
           what
           themselves
           Object
           .
           This
           I
           say
           ,
           because
           I
           
           know
           no
           other
           more
           civil
           construction
           ,
           or
           indeed
           possible
           vindication
           (
           such
           as
           it
           is
           )
           of
           their
           many
           failings
           .
           As
           for
           Dr.
           
             Stillingst
             et
          
           I
           shal
           not
           forestall
           the
           intentions
           of
           better
           and
           abler
           Penns
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           to
           step
           aside
           to
           any
           particular
           digression
           against
           him
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           do
           I
           meet
           with
           any
           thing
           considerable
           in
           him
           ,
           relating
           to
           this
           Subject
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           easily
           be
           answered
           out
           of
           this
           reply
           to
           Dr.
           More
           ;
           both
           of
           them
           joyning
           in
           a
           like
           treble
           charge
           of
           Idolatry
           against
           the
           Adoration
           
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           due
           honor
           and
           veneration
           of
           Images
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           BRIEF
           ●NSWER
           TO
           THE
           Many
           CALUMNIES
           of
           Dr.
           
             HENRY
             MORE
          
           ,
           IN
           HIS
           Pretended
           ANTIDOTE
           AGAINST
           IDOLATRY
           .
        
         
           Shewing
           That
           no
           prudent
           Person
           can
           ,
           upon
           any
           Rational
           Ground
           ,
           be
           deterr'd
           from
           Returning
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Chair
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Doctors
           best
           and
           strongest
           Evidences
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           DOctor
           
             Henry
             More
          
           is
           a
           Person
           ,
           whose
           Learning
           and
           Parts
           have
           brought
           Him
           into
           a
           Name
           ,
           amongst
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           refined
           Arts
           
           and
           Sciences
           .
           Fame
           speaks
           Him
           a
           great
           Philosopher
           .
           And
           his
           publick
           works
           are
           said
           to
           avouch
           no
           less
           .
           Nay
           ,
           some
           have
           passed
           so
           far
           in
           favour
           of
           his
           Character
           ,
           as
           to
           term
           him
           ,
           
             The
             great
             Restorer
             of
             the
             Platonick
             Cabbala
             .
          
           And
           truly
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           I
           conceive
           the
           Gentleman
           had
           done
           himself
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           right
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           still
           kept
           to
           his
           own
           Element
           ;
           for
           as
           much
           as
           his
           late
           unlucky
           engaging
           in
           Controversial
           Disputes
           ,
           cannot
           but
           prove
           a
           blot
           to
           his
           former
           undertakings
           :
           for
           the
           learned
           World
           must
           needs
           acknowledg
           that
           Dr.
           More
           the
           Controvertist
           ,
           is
           much
           degenerated
           from
           Dr.
           More
           the
           Philosopher
           .
           He
           hath
           lately
           set
           forth
           an
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Seven
           Epistles
           ,
           to
           the
           Seven
           Churches
           of
           Asia
           .
           The
           whole
           Piece
           is
           of
           a
           pure
           Romantick
           strain
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Authors
           fancy
           being
           broken
           loose
           from
           the
           command
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           leaping
           over
           all
           boundaries
           of
           Church-Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Faith
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           runs
           on
           at
           Elevenscore
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           upon
           a
           warm
           sent
           ,
           giving
           chase
           to
           some
           of
           his
           Platonick
           ideas
           :
           To
           this
           he
           has
           adjoyned
           ,
           a
           pretended
           Antidote
           against
           Idolatry
           ,
           with
           
           Application
           to
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ,
           and
           
             for
             the
             putting
             a
             stop
          
           (
           as
           he
           phrases
           it
           )
           
             to
             the
             Romish
             infection
          
           .
           His
           most
           formidable
           Weapon
           is
           that
           harsh
           and
           unmanly
           Rhetorick
           ,
           called
           railing
           .
           His
           phrase
           is
           rough
           ,
           and
           clogged
           with
           much
           dirt
           ,
           which
           he
           throwes
           too
           bountifully
           upon
           Persons
           ,
           which
           never
           deserved
           it
           at
           his
           hands
           .
           His
           Objections
           are
           bold
           ,
           uncivil
           ,
           irreligious
           ;
           not
           without
           a
           deep
           tincture
           of
           Geneva
           .
           And
           therefore
           were
           it
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           Opinion
           of
           his
           supposed
           abilities
           ,
           may
           cast
           a
           favourable
           reflection
           ,
           upon
           all
           that
           issues
           from
           his
           brain
           ,
           and
           gain
           credit
           to
           his
           Antidote
           ,
           amongst
           his
           vulgar
           Zealots
           ,
           to
           the
           irreparable
           dammage
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           his
           work
           might
           have
           lain
           neglected
           ,
           as
           without
           a
           Reader
           ,
           so
           without
           an
           Adversary
           .
           But
           in
           regard
           the
           Doctor
           has
           prefixed
           his
           Name
           to
           the
           Book
           as
           Author
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           great
           Name
           is
           a
           great
           Argument
           with
           some
           ,
           to
           evince
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           contents
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Doctrine
           is
           so
           absurd
           ,
           but
           may
           spread
           under
           the
           professed
           Patronage
           of
           a
           fam'd
           Divine
           ;
           therefore
           some
           things
           must
           be
           said
           by
           way
           of
           Rejoynder
           to
           the
           Antidote
           ,
           lest
           some
           unwary
           Readers
           seeing
           
           the
           Doctor
           so
           full
           gorg'd
           against
           Popish
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           repeating
           his
           invectives
           almost
           in
           every
           Page
           with
           endless
           tautologies
           ,
           should
           tamely
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           born
           down
           the
           stream
           with
           big
           words
           ,
           and
           think
           all
           is
           Gospel
           and
           well-grounded
           ,
           that
           falls
           with
           so
           much
           noise
           and
           confidence
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           Doctor
           .
           And
           indeed
           I
           am
           already
           informed
           ,
           that
           some
           well-meaning
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           great
           kindness
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           a
           value
           for
           the
           Work
           ,
           have
           call'd
           for
           an
           Answer
           to
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           insulting
           accent
           ,
           as
           conceiving
           that
           no
           such
           Answer
           could
           be
           given
           .
           They
           (
           poor
           Souls
           )
           thinking
           ,
           that
           surely
           the
           Doctor
           would
           never
           have
           been
           so
           positive
           in
           his
           assertions
           ,
           if
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           evidences
           were
           not
           such
           ,
           as
           might
           bear
           all
           the
           stress
           he
           lays
           upon
           them
           .
           Wherefore
           seeing
           the
           concern
           of
           Souls
           is
           at
           stake
           ,
           whom
           he
           seeks
           by
           a
           pernicious
           wile
           to
           seduce
           ,
           venting
           Poyson
           guilded
           over
           with
           the
           specious
           title
           of
           an
           Antidote
           ;
           the
           design
           of
           these
           few
           Pages
           is
           ,
           to
           summe
           up
           briefly
           the
           Doctors
           Arguments
           ,
           allowing
           to
           each
           a
           due
           reflexion
           ,
           and
           to
           represent
           the
           nullity
           and
           
           inconclusiveness
           of
           all
           that
           is
           material
           in
           Him
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           foul
           and
           odious
           charge
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           drawn
           up
           against
           his
           ,
           and
           our
           common
           Mother-Church
           .
        
         
           
             The
             First
             Section
             .
          
           
             Containing
             an
             Answer
             to
             his
             First
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             THere
             are
             two
             ways
             in
             general
             (
             says
             the
             Doctor
             )
             of
             discovering
             what
             is
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             be
             held
             Idolatry
             amongst
             Christians
             ;
             the
             one
             ,
             divine
             declaration
             ;
             the
             other
             ,
             clear
             and
             perspicuous
             reason
             .
             And
             accordingly
             he
             spends
             his
             first
             Chapter
             in
             explicating
             
               what
               Idolatry
               is
               according
               to
               divine
               declaration
               :
            
             And
             his
             second
             pretends
             to
             declare
             ,
             
               What
               Idolatry
               is
               according
               to
               the
               determination
               of
               clear
               and
               free
               reason
               .
            
             These
             are
             the
             Titles
             of
             the
             two
             first
             Chapters
             .
             The
             first
             of
             which
             ,
             (
             to
             the
             end
             he
             might
             give
             us
             a
             Treatise
             ,
             
               Girt
               up
               in
               the
               most
               close
               and
               convictive
               method
               that
               may
               be
            
             ;
             for
             so
             speaks
             his
             Preface
             :
             )
             he
             thought
             good
             to
             divide
             into
             ten
             several
             
             Conclusions
             ,
             as
             Principles
             of
             his
             ensuing
             Discourse
             :
             To
             each
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             speak
             singly
             by
             it self
             ,
             taking
             them
             in
             the
             same
             order
             they
             lie
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Conclusion
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               as
               in
               civil
               Governments
               it
               is
               the
               right
               of
               the
               Supreme
               Power
               to
               define
               and
               declare
               ,
               what
               shall
               be
               ,
               or
               be
               held
               to
               be
               treason
               ,
               and
               punishable
               as
               such
               :
               so
               it
               is
               most
               manifestly
               the
               right
               of
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               who
               is
               also
               Infinitely
               good
               and
               wise
               ,
               to
               define
               and
               declare
               unto
               his
               People
               ,
               what
               shall
               be
               ,
               or
               be
               held
               to
               be
               Idolatry
               .
            
             To
             this
             Conclusion
             ,
             I
             only
             return
             this
             brief
             Remark
             ;
             That
             the
             learned
             Simile
             ,
             wherin
             the
             Doctor
             spends
             very
             many
             words
             ,
             might
             well
             have
             been
             dispensed
             with
             ,
             without
             any
             offence
             to
             Logick
             ,
             or
             impeachment
             to
             the
             Authors
             judgment
             :
             For
             the
             Simile
             seems
             to
             aim
             at
             the
             clearing
             and
             setling
             the
             unquestionable
             Prerogative
             of
             an
             increated
             Power
             ,
             upon
             the
             right
             of
             a
             meer
             humane
             Jurisdiction
             .
             Which
             is
             in
             effect
             an
             unskilful
             Piece
             of
             
               Hysteron
               Proteron
            
             ;
             making
             a
             truth
             of
             the
             highest
             rank
             to
             truckle-under
             an
             inferiour
             principle
             ;
             which
             (
             considering
             
               there
               is
               no
               power
               but
               of
               God
               ,
            
             Rom.
             13.
             )
             can
             have
             no
             
             truth
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             presupposing
             that
             very
             truth
             ,
             which
             it
             pretends
             to
             illustrate
             and
             establish
             .
          
           
             His
             Second
             Conclusion
             would
             universally
             beg
             our
             belief
             ,
             
               That
               what
               is
               declared
               Idolatry
               by
               God
               to
               the
               Jews
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               acknowledged
               Idolatry
               by
               us
               Christians
               .
            
             First
             ,
             Because
             Christianity
             being
             a
             far
             more
             spiritual
             Religion
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             Judaisme
             ,
             There
             cannot
             be
             the
             lest
             relaxation
             to
             the
             most
             rancid
             of
             all
             Superstitions
             ,
             Idolatry
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Because
             all
             kind
             of
             Idolatry
             being
             forbidden
             in
             the
             Second
             Commandement
             ;
             and
             the
             whole
             Decalogue
             being
             Moral
             ,
             Christians
             can
             plead
             no
             exemption
             from
             it
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             Jews
             .
             Now
             that
             the
             whole
             Decalogue
             is
             Moral
             ,
             he
             makes
             some
             needless
             attempts
             to
             prove
             ,
             chiefly
             for
             the
             Second
             Commandements
             sake
             .
             All
             which
             proofs
             ,
             't
             is
             easie
             to
             take
             off
             by
             this
             single
             answer
             .
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             that
             as
             to
             the
             Second
             Commandement
             (
             supposing
             at
             present
             the
             first
             Table
             divided
             into
             four
             Precepts
             )
             If
             he
             expound
             that
             Commandement
             so
             ,
             as
             only
             to
             prohibit
             the
             making
             and
             worshipping
             of
             Idols
             ,
             or
             Images
             of
             false
             Gods
             ,
             I
             shall
             readily
             grant
             
             it
             to
             be
             Moral
             ,
             and
             strictly
             binding
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             Jews
             and
             Christians
             .
             But
             if
             he
             puts
             any
             other
             meaning
             upon
             the
             Text
             ,
             he
             begs
             the
             question
             :
             And
             he
             must
             excuse
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             call
             for
             his
             further
             proof
             ,
             not
             to
             evidence
             the
             Morality
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             in
             general
             ,
             or
             of
             this
             Commandement
             in
             particular
             ,
             but
             also
             as
             taken
             in
             that
             particular
             sense
             ,
             which
             he
             gives
             it
             .
             This
             I
             say
             ,
             because
             I
             conceive
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             grant
             that
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Precept
             of
             the
             Decalog
             ,
             may
             be
             (
             as
             considered
             under
             a
             double
             respect
             )
             both
             Moral
             and
             Ceremonial
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             some
             ,
             both
             Catholick
             and
             Protestant
             Divines
             own
             no
             more
             than
             a
             Ceremonial
             Precept
             in
             the
             Second
             Commandement
             ,
             if
             extended
             to
             an
             Universal
             Prohibition
             of
             all
             Images
             ,
             and
             under
             that
             notion
             given
             only
             to
             the
             Jews
             .
             And
             to
             call
             this
             a
             Relaxation
             to
             Idolatry
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Doctor
             does
             )
             may
             prove
             an
             Argument
             of
             his
             mistake
             ,
             but
             none
             to
             evidence
             the
             truth
             of
             his
             Conclusion
             ;
             no
             more
             than
             the
             generally
             allowed
             use
             of
             servile
             works
             upon
             Saturday
             ,
             can
             be
             called
             a
             Relaxation
             to
             the
             breach
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             .
             But
             ,
             because
             
             the
             Doctor
             is
             so
             positive
             in
             his
             hitherto-unproved
             conclusion
             ,
             I
             have
             an
             instance
             for
             him
             to
             pause
             upon
             ,
             if
             he
             please
             to
             accept
             of
             it
             .
             Some
             of
             the
             learned
             ,
             grounding
             themselves
             upon
             the
             first
             of
             Kings
             ,
             ch
             .
             12.
             and
             Chron.
             2.
             26.
             are
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             burning
             Incense
             was
             a
             Sacrifice
             in
             the
             old
             Law
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             permitted
             to
             the
             Laity
             ,
             but
             tyed
             only
             to
             the
             Priestly
             Function
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Hebrews
             did
             Sacrifice
             in
             this
             sort
             to
             the
             Brazen
             Serpent
             .
             Now
             ,
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             ,
             by
             what
             certain
             topicks
             the
             Doctor
             will
             evince
             ,
             either
             that
             burning
             incense
             was
             not
             a
             Sacrifice
             in
             the
             old
             Law
             ,
             or
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Sacrifice
             and
             Act
             of
             Latria
             in
             the
             New
             ?
             Unless
             he
             means
             to
             draw
             an
             Universal
             Consequence
             from
             Deuteronomy
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             thrust
             our
             Heads
             under
             Moses
             his
             Girdle
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             stoop
             to
             all
             the
             Legalities
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             :
          
           
             The
             Doctor
             proceeds
             to
             his
             third
             conclusion
             ,
             
               That
               whatever
               was
               Idolatry
               in
               the
               Heathen
               ,
               the
               same
               is
               Idolatry
               in
               Us
               ,
               if
               we
               commit
               it
               .
            
             I
             doubt
             much
             whether
             the
             Doctor
             understands
             his
             own
             Conclusion
             :
             For
             the
             assertion
             ,
             taken
             as
             it
             lies
             in
             its
             
             ●are
             expressions
             ,
             sounds
             like
             one
             of
             those
             Identick
             Positions
             ,
             which
             surfeit
             of
             too
             much
             truth
             :
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             We
             are
             guilty
             of
             Heathenish
             Idolatry
             ,
             if
             we
             commit
             Heathenish
             Idolatry
             :
             But
             ,
             if
             the
             Doctors
             meaning
             be
             ,
             that
             whatever
             external
             act
             of
             worship
             was
             Idolatry
             in
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             is
             also
             Idolatry
             in
             Us
             ,
             if
             applyed
             by
             Us
             to
             any
             other
             being
             on
             this
             side
             God
             ;
             then
             I
             have
             a
             case
             to
             offer
             to
             his
             second
             and
             better
             thoughts
             :
             Suppose
             then
             that
             some
             of
             Saint
             
             Paul's
             new
             Converts
             ,
             
               whom
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               he
               had
               begotten
               by
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             looking
             upon
             him
             as
             their
             spiritual
             Father
             ,
             had
             paid
             him
             the
             duty
             of
             the
             knee
             ,
             humbly
             asking
             his
             blessing
             :
             And
             that
             a
             Heathen
             of
             Lycaonia
             ,
             had
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             upon
             his
             knees
             adored
             the
             Apostle
             for
             the
             god
             Mercury
             ,
             (
             as
             some
             of
             them
             were
             ready
             to
             do
             ,
             
               Acts
               14.
            
             )
             is
             it
             the
             Doctor
             's
             sense
             ,
             that
             this
             external
             act
             of
             worship
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Heathen
             would
             questionless
             have
             been
             Idolatry
             ,
             must
             also
             be
             so
             in
             the
             Christian
             ?
             If
             so
             ,
             then
             his
             Conclusion
             is
             abundantly
             confused
             by
             the
             daily
             and
             uncontroulable
             practise
             of
             Protestants
             themselves
             ,
             kneeling
             to
             their
             Parents
             ,
             
             God-Fathers
             and
             God-Mothers
             .
             Whence
             it
             evidently
             appears
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             kind
             of
             external
             act
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             Heathen
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             may
             prove
             duty
             in
             a
             Christian
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             Conclusion
             ,
             
               The
               Idolatry
               of
               the
               Pagans
            
             ,
             says
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             
               consisted
               in
               this
            
             ,
             viz.
             
               in
               that
               they
               either
               took
               something
               to
               be
               the
               supreme
               God
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               ,
               and
               worshipped
               it
               for
               such
               ;
               or
               else
               worshipped
               the
               supreme
               God
               in
               an
               Image
               ;
               or
               gave
               religious
               worship
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               erected
               Altars
               ,
               Temples
               and
               Images
               ,
               offered
               Sacrifice
               ,
               made
               Vows
               to
               ,
               and
               invoked
               such
               ,
               as
               they
               themselves
               knew
               not
               to
               be
               the
               supreme
               God
               ,
               but
               either
               the
               souls
               of
               Men
               departed
               ,
               or
               other
               demons
               ,
               or
               else
               particular
               appearances
               or
               powers
               of
               nature
               .
            
             And
             concerning
             these
             demons
             ,
             he
             adds
             in
             his
             eighth
             conclusion
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Pagans
               demons
               exquisitely
               Answer
               to
               the
               Christian
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               ,
               in
               this
               point
               ;
               saving
               that
               this
               spiritual
               fornication
               is
               a
               rape
               upon
               our
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               ,
               but
               single
               fornication
               in
               the
               Heathen
               with
               thier
               impure
               demons
               .
            
             Thus
             far
             the
             modest
             Doctor
             .
             But
             what
             proof
             does
             he
             give
             us
             for
             all
             this
             ?
             Truly
             he
             does
             not
             so
             much
             as
             offer
             at
             any
             .
             
             And
             in
             that
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             envy
             him
             the
             due
             commendations
             of
             his
             discretion
             :
             For
             the
             best
             proof
             of
             a
             proofless
             assertion
             is
             silence
             .
             Of
             all
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             conclusions
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             more
             intrinseck
             and
             fundamental
             to
             the
             subject
             now
             under
             debate
             ;
             nor
             any
             that
             ought
             to
             speak
             more
             ,
             or
             doth
             speak
             less
             to
             the
             point
             ,
             than
             this
             .
             For
             it
             is
             most
             fondly
             erroneous
             ,
             and
             most
             disingenuously
             obtruded
             upon
             the
             easy
             credulity
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ;
             
               That
               the
               Pagans
               demons
               exquisitely
               answer
               to
               the
               Christians
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               .
            
             And
             no
             less
             proofless
             and
             false
             is
             it
             ,
             
               That
               they
            
             (
             the
             Pagans
             )
             
               worshipped
               the
               supreme
               God
               in
               an
               Image
               .
            
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             (
             instead
             of
             worshipping
             the
             supreme
             God
             in
             an
             Image
             ,
             )
             his
             conclusion
             should
             have
             added
             for
             another
             branch
             of
             Pagan
             Idolatry
             ;
             That
             they
             worshipped
             their
             very
             Images
             for
             gods
             :
             They
             call'd
             them
             gods
             ;
             they
             took
             them
             for
             gods
             ;
             they
             sacrificed
             to
             them
             as
             gods
             .
             And
             the
             same
             is
             to
             be
             said
             of
             those
             souls
             of
             Men
             departed
             ,
             demons
             or
             other
             particular
             appearances
             ,
             or
             powers
             of
             nature
             ;
             all
             which
             they
             took
             and
             worshipped
             for
             gods
             :
             For
             gods
             I
             say
             ;
             which
             ,
             this
             mincing
             conclusion
             
             seeks
             most
             warily
             to
             conceal
             .
             First
             then
             ,
             that
             they
             called
             their
             Images
             ,
             Gods
             ,
             (
             to
             omit
             other
             instances
             )
             is
             clear
             from
             
               Dan.
               5.
               4.
               
               They
               drank
               Wine
               ,
               and
               praised
               the
               gods
               of
               gold
               ,
               and
               of
               silver
               ,
               of
               brass
               ,
               of
               iron
               ,
               of
               wood
               ,
               and
               of
               stone
               .
               Secondly
               ,
            
             That
             they
             took
             their
             Images
             for
             Gods
             is
             as
             clear
             .
             Why
             else
             does
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             labour
             so
             much
             in
             Holy
             Writ
             ,
             
             to
             awake
             and
             reason
             the
             Gentiles
             out
             of
             their
             folly
             ,
             
             by
             proving
             that
             their
             Images
             ,
             
             or
             Idols
             were
             not
             gods
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             not
             take
             them
             for
             such
             ?
             Did
             not
             the
             Heathen
             charge
             S.
             
               Paul
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               perswaded
               and
               turned
               away
               much
               People
               ,
               saying
               that
               they
               be
               no
               gods
               ,
            
             
             
               which
               are
               made
               with
               hands
            
             ?
             Therefore
             sure
             an
             easie
             Logick
             may
             conclude
             they
             
               took
               them
               for
               gods
            
             .
             Does
             not
             the
             learned
             Arnobius
             ,
             
             (
             once
             a
             Heathen
             himself
             )
             bewailing
             his
             former
             blindness
             in
             the
             first
             of
             his
             Seven
             Books
             against
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             profess
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             
             divine
             worship
             ,
             and
             prayd
             to
             Images
             ,
             taking
             stocks
             and
             stones
             ,
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Hammer
             and
             Anvil
             
               for
               gods
               ?
               Thirdly
            
             ,
             They
             sacrificed
             to
             their
             Images
             ,
             either
             as
             gods
             ,
             or
             at
             lest
             as
             Images
             of
             false
             gods
             .
             Some
             ,
             in
             their
             images
             adored
             devils
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             of
             
               Psal
               .
               96.
               5.
               
               Omnes
               dii
               gentium
               daemonia
               :
            
             Or
             ,
             as
             your
             Translation
             reads
             it
             ,
             
               All
               the
               gods
               of
               the
               Nations
               are
               Idols
               .
            
             And
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             
             
               The
               things
               which
               the
               Gentiles
               sacrifice
               ,
               they
               sacrifice
               to
               devils
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               God.
            
             Others
             ,
             in
             their
             images
             worshipped
             the
             souls
             of
             Men.
             α
             And
             it
             has
             been
             fully
             proved
             by
             S.
             Austine
             ,
             that
             divers
             of
             the
             Pagans
             gods
             were
             men
             .
             β
             Others
             there
             were
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             images
             adored
             some
             parts
             of
             the
             material
             World
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             image
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ;
             in
             the
             image
             of
             Neptune
             ,
             the
             Sea
             ;
             and
             so
             of
             others
             .
             γ
             Lastly
             ,
             there
             were
             those
             ,
             who
             conceiving
             the
             World
             to
             be
             animated
             ,
             worshipped
             the
             souls
             of
             
             those
             material
             parts
             ;
             as
             of
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             Earth
             ,
             &c.
             
             Is
             there
             any
             the
             lest
             hint
             here
             ,
             either
             from
             divine
             or
             humane
             Record
             ,
             of
             the
             Pagans
             worshipping
             the
             supreme
             God
             in
             an
             image
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             contrary
             ;
             viz.
             
               That
               the
               things
               ,
               which
               the
               Gentiles
               sacrifice
               ,
               they
               sacrifice
               to
               devils
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               God.
               1
               Cor.
            
             10.
             
             Can
             any
             sober
             divinity
             brook
             such
             an
             inference
             from
             these
             premises
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Pagans
               demons
               exquisitely
               answer
               to
               our
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               ?
            
             Do
             we
             worship
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             for
             gods
             ?
             do
             we
             call
             them
             gods
             ?
             do
             we
             take
             them
             for
             gods
             ?
             do
             we
             sacrifice
             to
             them
             as
             gods
             ?
             far
             be
             it
             ,
             as
             from
             our
             hearts
             to
             intend
             it
             ,
             so
             from
             an
             ingenuous
             adversary
             to
             object
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Conclusion
             that
             comes
             in
             play
             is
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             
               That
               both
               divine
               declaration
               ,
               and
               the
               common
               consent
               of
               Christendom
               do
               avouch
               to
               Us
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               aforesaid
               Pagan
               modes
               of
               idolatry
               practised
               by
               them
               ,
               were
               in
               those
               Pagans
               practises
               of
               idolatry
               .
            
             All
             the
             answer
             that
             truth
             can
             allow
             to
             this
             Fifth
             Conclusion
             ,
             is
             
               Nego
               suppositum
            
             :
             for
             the
             Doctor
             here
             supposeth
             that
             he
             hath
             given
             us
             a
             true
             and
             adequate
             division
             of
             the
             Pagan
             idolatry
             ,
             in
             the
             precedent
             conclusion
             ,
             
             according
             both
             to
             divine
             declaration
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             consent
             of
             Christendom
             ;
             whereas
             I
             have
             already
             shew'd
             his
             hypothesis
             to
             be
             false
             ,
             and
             laid
             open
             his
             foul
             and
             gross
             mistakes
             ;
             (
             't
             is
             a
             favour
             to
             call
             them
             so
             :
             )
             which
             indeed
             are
             such
             ,
             as
             might
             invite
             a
             modest
             Man
             to
             wipe
             his
             Pen
             ,
             and
             lay
             it
             aside
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             taught
             it
             a
             more
             awful
             regard
             to
             ingenuity
             and
             truth
             .
          
           
             The
             Sixth
             Conclusion
             :
             
               That
               giving
               religious
               worship
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ;
               erecting
               Temples
               ,
               building
               Altars
               ,
               invoking
               ,
               makeing
               vows
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               to
               what
               is
               not
               the
               supreme
               God
               ,
               though
               not
               as
               to
               him
               ,
               but
               as
               to
               some
               inferiour
               helpful
               beeing
               ,
               is
               manifest
               Idolatry
               .
            
             This
             Sixth
             Conclusion
             looks
             back
             upon
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             calls
             to
             it
             for
             help
             .
             But
             till
             the
             Fifth
             has
             learned
             to
             stand
             upon
             its
             own
             leggs
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             lend
             any
             proof
             or
             ●upport
             to
             its
             Neighbours
             .
             And
             so
             I
             might
             pass
             over
             this
             Sixth
             Conclusion
             ,
             as
             proofless
             ;
             but
             only
             that
             the
             Doctor
             calls
             me
             back
             to
             hear
             a
             Confirmation
             of
             it
             ;
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               idolatry
               was
               very
               rare
               amongst
               the
               Nations
               ,
               especially
               the
               Romans
               ,
               if
               this
               mode
               of
               idolatry
               ,
               
               be
               not
               truly
               idolatry
               :
               And
               searce
               any
               thing
               will
               be
               found
               idolatry
               amongst
               them
               ,
               but
               taking
               that
               to
               be
               the
               supreme
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               ,
               and
               adoring
               it
               for
               such
               .
            
             This
             Discourse
             whereby
             the
             Doctor
             confirms
             his
             Conclusion
             ,
             
             minds
             me
             of
             a
             passage
             in
             Eusebius
             ,
             concerning
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Pagan
             gods
             .
             
               Triginta
               ,
               inquit
               ,
               deorum
               millia
               in
               terra
               esse
               censet
               Hesiodus
               ;
               ego
               autem
               multo
               plures
               lapideos
               ,
               atque
               ligneos
               homines
               creatores
               esse
               video
               .
               Eusebius
            
             here
             adds
             to
             
             Hesiod's
             Thirty
             Thousand
             gods
             ,
             many
             more
             of
             his
             own
             observation
             ;
             amongst
             which
             ,
             one
             only
             could
             be
             supreme
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             must
             needs
             sit
             down
             with
             the
             title
             of
             inferiour
             Deities
             .
             Now
             comes
             the
             Doctors
             Sixth
             Conclusion
             ,
             and
             tells
             us
             that
             giving
             religious
             worship
             ,
             to
             what
             is
             not
             the
             supreme
             God
             ,
             though
             not
             as
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             as
             to
             some
             inferiour
             helpful
             beeing
             ,
             is
             idolatry
             .
             Why
             so
             ?
             because
             ,
             says
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             unless
             we
             grant
             this
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             unless
             we
             grant
             that
             ,
             the
             worshipping
             of
             some
             Thirty
             Thousand
             inferiour
             Deities
             ,
             (
             for
             those
             are
             his
             inferiour
             helpful
             Beeings
             :
             )
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             )
             
             a
             great
             and
             manifest
             inconvenience
             will
             follow
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             That
             Idolatry
             was
             very
             rare
             amongst
             the
             Nations
             ;
             and
             scarce
             any
             thing
             will
             be
             found
             Idolatry
             amongst
             them
             ,
             but
             taking
             that
             to
             be
             the
             supreme
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             ,
             and
             worshipping
             it
             for
             such
             .
             Which
             being
             so
             profound
             a
             truth
             ,
             I
             conceive
             sew
             of
             the
             most
             severe
             and
             Cynical
             complexions
             can
             pass
             it
             over
             without
             a
             smile
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Doctor
             should
             chance
             to
             reply
             ,
             that
             by
             (
             an
             
               inferiour
               helpful
               Beeing
            
             )
             he
             means
             not
             an
             inferiour
             helpful
             Deity
             ,
             but
             something
             else
             best
             known
             to
             himself
             ;
             Then
             his
             confirmation
             is
             most
             false
             ,
             viz.
             That
             scarce
             any
             thing
             will
             be
             found
             Idolatry
             amongst
             the
             Heathens
             ,
             but
             taking
             that
             for
             the
             supreme
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             ,
             and
             worshiping
             it
             for
             such
             ;
             when
             as
             we
             find
             ,
             they
             worshipped
             so
             many
             Thousand
             Deities
             :
             So
             that
             ,
             whether
             he
             understand
             by
             (
             inferiour
             helpful
             Being
             )
             an
             inferiour
             Deity
             ,
             or
             no
             ,
             his
             confirmation
             is
             either
             false
             ,
             or
             ridiculous
             .
             Before
             I
             proceed
             to
             the
             Seventh
             Conclusion
             ,
             let
             me
             entreat
             the
             
             Reader
             's
             patience
             for
             a
             brief
             Parenthesis
             :
             Catholicks
             usually
             distinguish
             two
             sorts
             
             of
             worship
             :
             For
             example
             ,
             To
             sacrifice
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             to
             erect
             Temples
             and
             Altars
             ,
             are
             acts
             of
             Latria
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             the
             highest
             religious
             worship
             possible
             ,
             only
             due
             to
             the
             One
             Almighty
             and
             Everlasting
             God
             ,
             the
             first
             Principle
             and
             end
             of
             all
             created
             Beeings
             .
             Though
             none
             of
             these
             acts
             ,
             neither
             sacrifice
             it self
             ,
             nor
             dedication
             of
             Temple
             or
             Altar
             ,
             excludes
             a
             Secondary
             Remembrance
             ,
             or
             titular
             honour
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
             There
             are
             other
             acts
             of
             an
             inferiour
             respect
             ,
             which
             the
             Doctor
             may
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             without
             offending
             Catholick
             Divinity
             ,
             chuse
             whether
             he
             will
             call
             a
             religious
             worship
             ,
             or
             no
             :
             As
             the
             honour
             we
             give
             to
             Saints
             and
             their
             Images
             ,
             burning
             Incense
             or
             Candles
             ,
             bowing
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             These
             acts
             are
             of
             themselves
             indifferent
             ,
             and
             variously
             determinable
             ,
             by
             the
             particular
             tendency
             of
             the
             inward
             affection
             ,
             either
             to
             a
             divine
             ,
             or
             only
             a
             civil
             worship
             .
             As
             for
             instance
             sake
             ,
             Abraham
             with
             the
             same
             kind
             of
             incurvation
             of
             Body
             ,
             did
             adore
             God
             ,
             Gen.
             17.
             worship
             Angels
             ,
             Gen.
             18.
             and
             Men
             ,
             
               Gen.
               23.
            
             
             Where
             we
             evidently
             find
             that
             the
             same
             posture
             of
             bowing
             the
             Body
             ,
             only
             as
             
             intentionally
             directed
             by
             a
             different
             application
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             is
             a
             divine
             worship
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             ;
             an
             inferior
             kind
             of
             worship
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             a
             civil
             worship
             as
             referr'd
             to
             Men.
             Wherefore
             he
             who
             will
             speak
             distinctly
             to
             the
             Catholick
             Tenet
             ,
             must
             distinguish
             these
             several
             modes
             of
             worship
             one
             from
             another
             ;
             or
             else
             shew
             cause
             why
             ,
             he
             ranks
             them
             all
             ,
             under
             one
             and
             the
             same
             species
             of
             Religious
             worship
             .
             Otherwise
             he
             will
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             he
             loves
             darkness
             more
             than
             light
             ,
             and
             seeks
             not
             to
             cope
             with
             his
             Adversary
             like
             a
             Scholar
             .
             Haveing
             premised
             this
             Observation
             .
             —
             The
             
             Doctor
             's
             Seventh
             Conclusion
             ,
             which
             speaks
             thus
             ;
             
               (
               That
               to
               sacrifice
               ,
               or
               burn
               Incense
               ,
               or
               make
               any
               Religious
               obeysance
               ,
               or
               incurvation
               to
               an
               Image
               in
               any
               wise
               ,
               as
               to
               an
               object
               of
               this
               worship
               ,
               is
               idolatry
               by
               divine
               declaration
               .
               )
            
             This
             conclusion
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             will
             appear
             to
             have
             as
             much
             pertinent
             sense
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Junto
             of
             Civilians
             being
             requested
             to
             declare
             by
             a
             common
             vote
             ,
             what
             Murther
             is
             ;
             should
             give-in
             their
             learned
             answer
             ,
             with
             a
             Resolved
             upon
             the
             question
             ,
             That
             to
             take
             away
             a
             Man's
             life
             wilfully
             ,
             
             and
             without
             cause
             ;
             or
             to
             cut
             off
             a
             limb
             ,
             or
             draw
             blood
             ,
             is
             Murther
             .
             Just
             such
             a
             wild
             medley
             of
             truth
             and
             falshood
             ,
             is
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Conclusion
             .
             Sacrificing
             to
             an
             Image
             ,
             and
             bowing
             to
             an
             Image
             ,
             suit
             not
             well
             together
             .
             The
             first
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             crime
             which
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             condemns
             in
             Carpocrates
             ,
             and
             his
             Adherents
             .
             But
             ,
             that
             bowing
             to
             an
             Image
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             his
             Saints
             ,
             should
             be
             idolatry
             ;
             rather
             then
             bowing
             to
             the
             Ark
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ;
             or
             that
             honouring
             the
             Picture
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             should
             be
             liable
             to
             the
             like
             exception
             ;
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             should
             have
             been
             more
             strongly
             proved
             than
             by
             meerly
             alledging
             a
             broken
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               bow
               to
               them
               ,
               nor
               worship
               them
            
             ;
             which
             yet
             is
             all
             the
             Doctor
             does
             ,
             save
             only
             an
             old
             thred-bare
             gloss
             upon
             it
             ,
             which
             shall
             presently
             be
             answered
             .
             Only
             first
             I
             observe
             ,
             that
             when
             Protestants
             read
             this
             their
             Second
             Commandment
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               make
               unto
               thee
               any
               graven
               Image
               ,
               or
               any
               likeness
               ,
               that
               is
               in
               Heaven
               above
               ,
               or
               that
               is
               in
               the
               water
               ,
               under
               the
               earth
               ;
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               bow
               down
               thy self
               to
               them
               ,
               nor
               serve
               
               them
               ▪
            
             )
             and
             withall
             are
             informed
             that
             Papists
             make
             Pictures
             and
             Images
             of
             Christ
             ,
             place
             them
             in
             their
             Churches
             ,
             put
             off
             their
             Hats
             ,
             and
             bow
             the
             Knee
             before
             them
             ,
             presently
             they
             endite
             the
             practise
             within
             their
             brests
             as
             guilty
             of
             idolatry
             ;
             most
             inconsiderately
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             uncharitably
             ,
             charging
             Idolatry
             upon
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             doing
             those
             self-same
             things
             ,
             which
             God
             himself
             commanded
             the
             Jews
             to
             do
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             gave
             this
             very
             Precept
             .
             
             Did
             not
             God
             command
             Moses
             to
             make
             two
             Cherubims
             of
             gold
             in
             the
             two
             ends
             of
             the
             Mercy-Seat
             ?
             
             Were
             there
             not
             graven
             Cherubims
             on
             the
             Walls
             of
             the
             Temple
             ?
             
             Were
             not
             the
             two
             Cherubims
             in
             the
             most
             Holy
             Place
             ,
             
             of
             Image-Work
             ?
             Were
             not
             the
             People
             to
             pray
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             commanded
             to
             worship
             at
             the
             Foot-stool
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Ark
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ;
             over
             which
             were
             the
             Cherubims
             of
             Image-Work
             !
             and
             could
             this
             possibly
             be
             done
             ,
             without
             bowing
             before
             
             Images
             ?
             Behold
             now
             what
             an
             irrefragable
             consequence
             is
             drawn
             from
             hence
             .
             God
             himself
             commanded
             the
             making
             of
             Images
             ,
             even
             after
             he
             had
             given
             the
             Second
             Commandment
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             :
             Ergo
             ,
             Papists
             can
             make
             no
             Images
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             Idolaters
             .
             Images
             were
             placed
             in
             God's
             own
             Temple
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             Papists
             are
             Idolaters
             in
             placing
             Images
             in
             their
             Churches
             .
             God's
             People
             were
             commanded
             to
             bow
             down
             and
             prostrate
             themselves
             where
             it
             could
             not
             be
             done
             ,
             without
             bowing
             before
             Images
             :
             Ergo
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             who
             kneel
             before
             an
             Image
             are
             Idolaters
             .
             If
             Protestants
             did
             but
             reflect
             how
             much
             this
             mistake
             of
             theirs
             is
             against
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             against
             Charity
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             more
             sparing
             of
             their
             censures
             .
             Now
             to
             the
             Objection
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               bow
               down
               to
               them
               ,
               nor
               worship
               them
               :
               Of
               which
               undoubtedly
               the
               sense
               is
               ,
               (
               says
               the
               Doctor
               )
               They
               shall
               not
               be
               in
               any
               wise
               the
               Object
               of
               that
               worship
               ,
               which
               thou
               performest
               in
               a
               religious
               way
               —
               For
               the
               Second
               Commandement
               certainly
               is
               a
               declaration
               of
               the
               mind
               of
               God
               touching
               religious
               worship
               .
            
             Let
             us
             understand
             one
             another
             ▪
             that
             we
             may
             not
             have
             
             any
             cavil
             about
             words
             .
             The
             Catholick
             Church
             no
             where
             commands
             us
             to
             call
             the
             honour
             exhibited
             to
             Saints
             and
             their
             Images
             ,
             a
             religious
             honour
             or
             worship
             .
             But
             ,
             with
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             good
             leave
             ,
             Why
             may
             there
             not
             be
             some
             intermediate
             kinds
             of
             worship
             ,
             between
             a
             divine
             ,
             and
             a
             meer
             civil
             worship
             ?
             Why
             may
             we
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             such
             was
             the
             worship
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             to
             the
             Ark
             ?
             which
             Abraham
             gave
             to
             the
             Angels
             ?
             and
             which
             we
             are
             all
             commanded
             to
             give
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Jesus
               ▪
            
             Nay
             ,
             why
             may
             we
             not
             add
             ,
             that
             the
             honour
             and
             respect
             of
             the
             Knee
             ,
             which
             is
             given
             to
             God-fathers
             ,
             and
             God-mothers
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             being
             not
             founded
             upon
             any
             bare
             relation
             of
             blood
             ,
             or
             any
             meer
             natural
             ,
             or
             civil
             excellency
             ,
             but
             given
             wholly
             upon
             a
             spiritual
             account
             ?
             And
             how
             is
             it
             proved
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             intermediate
             honour
             as
             this
             ,
             may
             not
             securely
             be
             given
             to
             Saints
             ,
             and
             their
             Images
             ?
             Let
             the
             Doctor
             find
             out
             a
             suitable
             name
             for
             it
             ,
             besides
             that
             of
             Religious
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             not
             stand
             upon
             terms
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             freely
             speak
             his
             language
             .
             But
             if
             nothing
             will
             serve
             his
             turn
             ,
             but
             that
             religious
             and
             divine
             worship
             
             must
             be
             all
             one
             .
             Then
             we
             utterly
             deny
             that
             we
             are
             in
             any
             wise
             concerned
             in
             his
             Objection
             :
             for
             we
             give
             no
             such
             religious
             worship
             to
             the
             Saints
             themselves
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             their
             Images
             .
             And
             I
             shall
             show
             in
             my
             ▪
             Answer
             to
             his
             Eighth
             Chapter
             ,
             how
             weakly
             and
             disingenuously
             he
             makes
             use
             of
             the
             Second
             Council
             of
             Nice
             to
             make
             out
             his
             charge
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             Eighth
             Conclusion
             ,
             scorning
             to
             be
             behind
             the
             Seventh
             in
             point
             of
             Scholarship
             ,
             loudly
             proclaims
             ,
             
               That
               to
               erect
               Temples
               ,
               Altars
               ,
               Images
               ,
               or
               to
               burn
               incense
               to
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               ,
               to
               invoke
               them
               ,
               or
               make
               vows
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               is
               plain
               Idolatry
               .
            
             This
             Conclusion
             for
             its
             proof
             appeals
             to
             the
             testimony
             of
             four
             false
             witnesses
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Third
             ,
             Fourth
             ,
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             Sixth
             Conclusions
             ;
             and
             as
             such
             ,
             I
             justly
             except
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Ninth
             ;
             
               Religious
               incurvation
               towards
               a
               Crucifix
               or
               the
               Host
               ,
               or
               any
               Image
               ,
               as
               to
               an
               object
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               meer
               unconsidered
               accidental
               circumstance
               ,
               is
               Idolatry
               .
            
             This
             Conclusion
             having
             thus
             coldly
             drawn
             up
             an
             enditement
             against
             us
             ,
             pleads
             its
             evidence
             out
             of
             the
             Seventh
             and
             Eighth
             Conclusions
             ;
             
             And
             so
             leaning
             upon
             two
             broken
             Reeds
             ,
             falls
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             where
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             neither
             Reason
             or
             Authority
             wil
             ever
             stoop
             to
             take
             it
             up
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             now
             arrived
             at
             the
             Tenth
             Conclusion
             ,
             where
             we
             are
             told
             ,
             
               That
               to
               use
               on
               set
               purpose
               ,
               in
               religious
               worship
               ,
               any
               figure
               or
               image
               only
               circumstantially
               ,
               not
               objectively
               ,
               but
               so
               as
               to
               bow
               towards
               it
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               upon
               a
               Man's
               knees
               before
               it
               ,
               with
               eyes
               and
               hands
               devoutly
               lifted
               up
               towards
               it
               .
               —
               Yet
               this
            
             even
             taken
             in
             its
             most
             favourable
             circumstances
             ,
             
               is
               a
               most
               wicked
               and
               impious
               mocking
               of
               God
            
             ;
             says
             the
             Doctor
             .
             And
             he
             adds
             ,
             
               That
               if
               the
               image
               be
               the
               object
               of
               these
               postures
               and
               incurvations
               ,
               (
               as
               it
               seems
               to
               him
               plain
               ,
               and
               beyond
               all
               questioning
               that
               it
               will
               be
               so
               )
               then
               he
               says
               it
               will
               be
               idolatry
               .
            
             To
             this
             I
             return
             ,
             that
             I
             hope
             the
             Ethicks
             cannot
             be
             offended
             with
             me
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             divinity
             can
             be
             able
             to
             reprove
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             say
             ,
             this
             Conclusion
             gives
             God
             the
             lie
             ,
             and
             makes
             Him
             the
             approver
             ,
             commander
             and
             rewarder
             of
             Sin
             ,
             even
             idolatry
             it self
             .
             For
             God
             promised
             a
             reward
             to
             Prayer
             made
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             7.
             15.
             
             Where
             notwithstanding
             there
             were
             graved
             
             Angels
             or
             Cherubims
             upon
             the
             wals
             .
             And
             he
             commanded
             his
             People
             to
             adore
             the
             Ark
             ,
             over
             which
             were
             Cherubims
             or
             Angels
             of
             Image-work
             ;
             where
             the
             worshipper
             could
             not
             possibly
             make
             his
             addresses
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             needs
             bow
             at
             lest
             circumstantially
             ,
             though
             not
             objectively
             towards
             an
             Image
             .
             And
             yet
             Pray'r
             ,
             even
             thus
             circumstanced
             ,
             was
             approved
             ,
             commanded
             ,
             and
             declared
             by
             God
             himself
             rewardable
             .
             Now
             this
             is
             the
             very
             posture
             ,
             both
             for
             act
             and
             object
             ,
             which
             cannot
             down
             with
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             needs
             have
             it
             to
             be
             idolatry
             ;
             and
             his
             most
             charitable
             gloss
             upon
             the
             action
             ,
             can
             afford
             it
             no
             name
             ,
             under
             an
             impious
             and
             wicked
             mocking
             of
             God.
             Whence
             if
             reason
             may
             be
             allowed
             to
             make
             the
             inference
             ,
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Tenth
             Conclusion
             must
             needs
             be
             found
             guilty
             of
             giving
             God
             the
             lie
             ,
             and
             making
             him
             the
             approver
             ,
             commander
             ,
             and
             rewarder
             of
             sin
             ,
             even
             the
             sin
             of
             idolatry
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             made
             our
             way
             through
             all
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Ten
             Conclusions
             ,
             the
             Reader
             may
             please
             to
             observe
             ,
             how
             far
             he
             forgets
             himself
             ,
             and
             over-runs
             the
             Title
             of
             his
             
             Chapter
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             he
             scarce
             ever
             faces
             about
             to
             it
             from
             the
             beginning
             to
             the
             end
             :
             for
             whereas
             the
             Title
             promised
             to
             deliver
             ,
             
               What
               idolatry
               is
               according
               to
               divine
               declaration
            
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             himself
             makes
             his
             boast
             in
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ;
             
               To
               have
               abundantly
               convinced
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               of
               multifarious
               idolatries
               ;
               if
               they
               will
               stand
               ,
            
             says
             he
             ,
             
               to
               divine
               definitions
               ,
               or
               the
               declarations
               of
               holy
               Scripture
               in
               this
               point
            
             ;
             Yet
             on
             the
             contrary
             't
             is
             evident
             ,
             there
             are
             not
             even
             so
             many
             Scripture-quotations
             ,
             
               in
               this
               point
            
             ,
             as
             may
             make
             up
             so
             much
             as
             a
             duall
             number
             .
             The
             only
             way
             then
             for
             the
             Doctor
             to
             make
             out
             the
             title
             of
             his
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             his
             vapouring
             Rodomontado
             against
             God's
             Church
             ,
             is
             to
             deify
             his
             own
             conceptions
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             own
             word
             pass
             for
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Authority
             for
             divine
             .
             And
             then
             truly
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             offended
             at
             him
             ,
             for
             taking
             upon
             himself
             so
             kindly
             that
             very
             imputation
             ,
             which
             he
             seeks
             no
             less
             weakly
             than
             injuriously
             to
             pin
             upon
             the
             doctrine
             and
             practice
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Second
             Section
             .
          
           
             In
             Answer
             to
             the
             Doctor
             's
             Second
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             THis
             Chapter
             ,
             compared
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             second
             part
             to
             the
             same
             tune
             :
             longer
             in
             words
             ,
             but
             as
             weak
             in
             performances
             to
             the
             full
             ,
             as
             its
             Predecessor
             .
             The
             Title
             promises
             to
             declare
             ,
             
               What
               Idolatry
               is
               according
               to
               the
               determination
               of
               clear
               and
               free
               reason
               ;
               and
               this
               in
               25.
               several
               Conclusions
               .
            
          
           
             His
             first
             ,
             second
             ,
             and
             third
             Conclusions
             quite
             digress
             from
             the
             charge
             in
             hand
             ,
             showing
             what
             a
             grievous
             sin
             idolatry
             is
             :
             which
             is
             much
             more
             largely
             and
             learnedly
             declared
             by
             our
             own
             Authors
             ,
             and
             readily
             granted
             by
             us
             ,
             with
             this
             further
             allowance
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             can
             fix
             the
             crime
             upon
             us
             ,
             with
             any
             shew
             of
             reason
             ,
             we
             shall
             freely
             acknowledg
             our
             guilt
             to
             be
             of
             a
             double
             dye
             ,
             to
             what
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Jew
             or
             Gentile
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             and
             fifth
             ,
             tell
             us
             that
             idolatry
             
             necessarily
             involves
             in
             it
             ,
             ignorance
             ,
             or
             mistake
             ,
             in
             the
             act
             of
             worship
             ,
             or
             the
             object
             .
             The
             fifth
             advances
             a
             step
             further
             ,
             and
             concludes
             very
             abruptly
             ,
             that
             
               because
               all
               idolatry
               involves
               in
               it
               some
               ignorance
               or
               mistake
               ;
               therefore
               no
               ignorance
               or
               mistake
               can
               excuse
               from
               idolatry
               :
            
             very
             learnedly
             :
             From
             the
             Fourth
             and
             Fifth
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             makes
             a
             long
             stride
             to
             his
             One
             and
             Twentieth
             Conclusion
             ,
             where
             he
             peremptorily
             concludes
             ,
             that
             
               because
               mistake
               does
               not
               excuse
               him
               from
               idolatry
               ,
               by
               Conclusion
               the
               Fourth
               and
               Fifth
               ,
               therefore
               the
               adoration
               of
               any
               object
               ,
               which
               we
               out
               of
               mistake
               ,
               conceive
               to
               be
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               made
               visible
               by
               hypostatical
               union
               therewith
               ,
               is
               manifest
               idolatry
               .
            
             Thus
             he
             .
             But
             let
             us
             put
             the
             case
             ,
             that
             some
             Christian
             ,
             contemporary
             to
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             whilst
             he
             so
             journed
             upon
             earth
             ,
             had
             through
             meer
             mistake
             ,
             adored
             some
             other
             Person
             ,
             for
             Christ
             :
             Here
             the
             Query
             arises
             ,
             whether
             this
             Man's
             error
             would
             have
             pleaded
             his
             excuse
             ,
             I
             ,
             or
             no
             ?
             The
             reformed
             Churches
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             their
             Apology
             by
             
               Daille
               '
            
             declare
             for
             the
             affirmative
             .
             And
             truly
             Reason
             seems
             clearly
             to
             be
             on
             their
             side
             .
             For
             what
             reason
             or
             
             equity
             will
             condemn
             a
             loyal
             subject
             ,
             who
             intending
             an
             address
             to
             his
             Prince
             ,
             should
             take
             Hephestion
             ,
             for
             Alexander
             ,
             a
             Peer
             for
             his
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             tender
             of
             his
             allegiance
             to
             another
             Person
             ,
             whom
             he
             innocently
             mistakes
             for
             his
             Prince
             ?
             Let
             us
             parallel
             the
             two
             cases
             .
             As
             this
             loyal
             Subject's
             address
             is
             intended
             only
             to
             his
             Prince
             ;
             so
             the
             Christians
             address
             in
             the
             instance
             above-said
             ,
             is
             directed
             only
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             In
             both
             these
             cases
             there
             intervenes
             an
             error
             of
             fact
             :
             both
             the
             religious
             and
             civil
             worship
             being
             misplaced
             as
             to
             the
             circumstance
             ,
             though
             not
             as
             to
             the
             object
             .
             And
             why
             this
             error
             should
             be
             imputable
             ,
             either
             to
             treason
             in
             the
             one
             case
             ,
             or
             to
             Idolatry
             in
             the
             other
             ?
             or
             ,
             why
             more
             to
             idolatry
             in
             the
             one
             case
             ,
             then
             to
             treason
             in
             the
             other
             ?
             is
             that
             ,
             which
             it
             will
             concern
             the
             Doctor
             to
             speak
             to
             ,
             if
             he
             means
             to
             maintain
             his
             conclusion
             .
             And
             till
             he
             hath
             done
             this
             ,
             he
             shall
             never
             be
             able
             to
             prove
             ,
             what
             he
             aims
             at
             in
             his
             22.
             
             Conclusion
             ,
             that
             any
             idolatry
             is
             committed
             though
             it
             should
             so
             fall
             out
             ,
             through
             inadvertence
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             accident
             ,
             that
             an
             unconsecrated
             ,
             or
             untransubstantiated
             
             Host
             ,
             were
             exposed
             to
             the
             veneration
             of
             the
             People
             :
             for
             as
             no
             adoration
             is
             here
             due
             ,
             so
             none
             is
             intended
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             adorable
             where-ever
             he
             is
             .
          
           
             The
             
               6th
               .
               7th
               .
               8th
               .
               10th
               .
               11th
               .
               12th
               .
               13th
               .
               14th
               .
               15th
               .
               18th
               .
            
             and
             24th
             .
             Conclusions
             talk
             big
             against
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             .
             But
             the
             best
             speaks
             amongst
             them
             are
             the
             
               8th
               .
               10th
            
             .
             and
             12th
             .
             The
             Eighth
             leads
             the
             Van
             in
             these
             terms
             :
             
               Any
               actions
               ,
               gestures
               ,
               or
               words
               ,
               directed
               to
               any
               creature
               as
               to
               an
               object
               ,
               which
               naturally
               imply
               or
               signify
               either
               the
               incommunicable
               or
               incommunicated
               eminencies
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               the
               giving
               that
               worship
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               right
               and
               due
               of
               God
               alone
               ;
               to
               that
               creature
               ,
               and
               that
               injury
               against
               the
               divine
               Majesty
               ,
               which
               is
               termed
               idolatry
               .
            
             Then
             follows
             the
             Tenth
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             high
             and
             mighty
             language
             speaks
             thus
             :
             
               An
               omnipercipient
               omnipresence
               ,
               which
               does
               hear
               ,
               and
               see
               whatever
               is
               said
               or
               transacted
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               whether
               considered
               in
               the
               whole
               ,
               or
               as
               distributed
               into
               terrestrial
               ,
               celestial
               ,
               and
               supercelestial
               ;
               not
               only
               all
               these
               omnipercipiences
               ,
               but
               any
               one
               of
               them
               is
               a
               certain
               excellency
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               for
               ought
               we
               know
               ,
               incommunicated
               
               to
               any
               Creature
               .
            
             The
             Twelfth
             brings
             up
             the
             Rear
             with
             an
             Ergo
             ;
             
               If
               omnipresence
               or
               omnipercipience
               ,
               at
               lest
               terrestrial
               (
               if
               not
               celestial
               )
               be
               not
               communicated
               to
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               by
               God
               ,
               the
               invocation
               of
               either
               is
               palpable
               idolatry
               .
            
             Behold
             then
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Argument
             .
             Invocation
             implies
             an
             incommunicated
             excellency
             in
             the
             Saints
             ;
             viz.
             an
             omnipercipient
             omnipresence
             ,
             at
             lest
             terrestrial
             ,
             if
             not
             celestial
             ;
             and
             so
             communicates
             that
             right
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             appertains
             only
             to
             God.
             Ergo
             invocation
             of
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             is
             palpable
             idolatry
             .
             Now
             if
             we
             can
             but
             acquit
             our selves
             handsomely
             in
             a
             fair
             return
             to
             this
             Argument
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             that
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             abovesaid
             11.
             
             Conclusions
             ,
             will
             amount
             to
             no
             more
             than
             meer
             empty
             and
             insignificant
             nothings
             .
             We
             may
             consider
             then
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             with
             reference
             to
             different
             circumstances
             of
             time
             .
             The
             one
             wherein
             it
             was
             a
             question
             amongst
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             whether
             the
             Saints
             entred
             into
             Heaven
             before
             the
             Day
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             or
             were
             confined
             to
             some
             other
             place
             of
             rest
             ,
             excluded
             from
             the
             beatifick
             Vision
             ?
             And
             this
             was
             not
             fully
             
             determined
             till
             the
             Council
             of
             Florence
             ,
             which
             Council
             cleared
             the
             Point
             ,
             defineing
             that
             
               The
               Souls
               of
               the
               dead
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               cleansed
               from
               all
               sin
               ,
               are
               received
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               see
               God
               clearly
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               in
               himself
               .
            
             Now
             as
             for
             those
             elder
             Centuries
             before
             the
             Council
             of
             Florence
             ,
             they
             held
             invocation
             of
             Saints
             ,
             for
             an
             undoubted
             truth
             ,
             though
             some
             of
             them
             doubted
             ,
             whether
             they
             heard
             our
             Prayers
             or
             no
             ;
             because
             no
             Church-definition
             had
             as
             then
             ascertained
             them
             of
             their
             full
             beatitude
             .
             Let
             venerable
             Antiquity
             speak
             for
             it self
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             a
             Saint
             Austine
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Book
             
               De
               cura
               pro
               mortuis
            
             ,
             c.
             16.
             speaks
             thus
             .
             
               This
               question
               exceeds
               the
               reach
               of
               my
               judgment
               ,
               how
               the
               Martyrs
               relieve
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               certainly
               assisted
               by
               them
               ?
               whether
               they
               are
               pre●ent
               by
               themselves
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               in
               so
               many
               several
               places
               where
               the
               benefit
               of
               their
               succour
               is
               received
               ?
               or
               being
               retired
               from
               the
               conversation
               of
               men
               ,
               in
               some
               place
               proportioned
               to
               their
               merits
               ▪
               and
               there
               interceding
               for
               the
               relief
               of
               those
               that
               call
               upon
               them
               ,
               as
               we
               pray
               for
               the
               dead
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               really
               present
               with
               them
               ;
               and
               know
               not
               how
               they
               are
               ,
               nor
               what
               they
               do
               :
               God
               omnipotent
               
               and
               ever
               present
               ,
               hearing
               the
               Prayers
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               ,
               grants
               to
               Men
               by
               the
               ministery
               of
               Angels
               ,
               those
               helps
               where
               he
               will
               ,
               when
               he
               will
               ,
               and
               how
               he
               pleaseth
               .
            
             Thus
             B.
             S.
             Austine
             .
             Here
             we
             have
             it
             from
             an
             undoubted
             work
             of
             this
             great
             Saint
             and
             Doctor
             ,
             (
             owned
             by
             himself
             in
             his
             Retractations
             )
             First
             ,
             That
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             was
             the
             constant
             ,
             avowed
             practise
             of
             those
             elder
             and
             purer
             days
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             (
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctor
             's
             15th
             .
             Conclusion
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Pharisaical
             scruples
             .
             )
             Here
             is
             a
             sure
             and
             certain
             ground
             of
             this
             invocation
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             unquestionable
             ,
             ancient
             ,
             and
             immemorial
             possession
             ,
             and
             the
             often
             experienced
             benefit
             of
             it
             by
             those
             ,
             who
             addressing
             themselves
             to
             the
             Holy
             Martyrs
             mediation
             ,
             were
             (
             says
             S.
             
               Austine
               )
               certainly
               assisted
               by
               them
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
            
             That
             the
             Saints
             
               presence
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               in
               so
               many
               several
               places
               ,
            
             (
             which
             is
             equivalent
             to
             the
             Doctor
             's
             terrestrial
             Omnipercipient
             Omnipresence
             )
             does
             not
             at
             all
             in
             Saint
             
             Austine's
             Opinion
             ,
             either
             imply
             an
             impossibility
             ,
             or
             entrench
             upon
             any
             of
             the
             divine
             excellencies
             ;
             for
             then
             he
             would
             certainly
             have
             rejected
             it
             ,
             which
             yet
             he
             does
             not
             .
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             Waving
             this
             Omnipercipient
             Omnipresence
             ,
             S.
             Austine
             renders
             it
             easily
             intelligible
             ,
             how
             the
             Saints
             might
             (
             even
             without
             that
             ,
             and
             without
             their
             hearing
             our
             Prayers
             )
             relieve
             those
             that
             called
             upon
             them
             :
             Viz.
             
               God
               omnipotent
               and
               ever
               present
               hearing
               the
               Prayers
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               ,
               and
               granting
               to
               Men
               ,
               by
               the
               Ministery
               of
               Angels
               those
               helps
               —
               when
               he
               will
               ,
               where
               he
               will
               ,
               and
               how
               he
               pleaseth
               .
            
             Out
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             I
             deduce
             this
             inference
             ,
             which
             is
             home
             to
             the
             point
             ,
             That
             ,
             if
             S.
             Austine
             be
             to
             be
             credited
             before
             Dr.
             More
             ,
             It
             is
             good
             and
             profitable
             to
             invocate
             the
             Saints
             ,
             though
             we
             knew
             not
             whether
             they
             heard
             us
             or
             no.
             And
             till
             the
             Doctor
             can
             prove
             the
             contrary
             ,
             his
             main
             Hypothesis
             upon
             which
             he
             builds
             ,
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             an
             omnipercipient
             omnipresence
             is
             the
             only
             ground
             of
             invocation
             of
             Saints
             )
             is
             fundamentally
             subverted
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             vapouring
             pretences
             of
             idolatry
             ,
             end
             in
             smoke
             and
             fancy
             .
             This
             which
             I
             have
             already
             said
             ,
             renders
             invocation
             of
             Saints
             maintainable
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             not
             certain
             they
             heard
             us
             ;
             which
             yet
             is
             most
             certain
             from
             their
             blissful
             vision
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             gain-said
             
             even
             by
             Protestants
             :
             For
             if
             Devils
             appear
             ,
             and
             assist
             Witches
             and
             Sorcerers
             upon
             their
             invocation
             ,
             Shall
             we
             deny
             this
             to
             the
             Saints
             in
             Glory
             ?
             The
             Saints
             are
             
               as
               the
               Angels
               of
               God
               in
               Heaven
               ,
            
             Mat.
             22.
             30.
             
             And
             of
             the
             Angels
             't
             is
             written
             :
             
               See
               you
               despise
               not
               one
               of
               these
               little
               ones
               ,
               for
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               ,
               their
               Angels
               in
               Heaven
               always
               see
               the
               Face
               of
               my
               Father
               which
               is
               in
               Heaven
               :
            
             Mat.
             18.
             10.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             
               There
               shall
               be
               joy
               in
               ,
               Heaven
               upon
               one
               sinner
               that
               doth
               pennance
               ,
            
             Luc.
             15.
             7.
             
             Why
             therefore
             cannot
             the
             Saints
             hear
             our
             Prayers
             ,
             as
             the
             Angels
             see
             the
             contempt
             of
             one
             of
             those
             little
             ones
             ,
             and
             as
             those
             in
             Heaven
             see
             the
             repentance
             of
             a
             sinner
             ?
             The
             Schools
             indeed
             may
             freely
             dispute
             how
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             may
             freely
             abound
             in
             his
             own
             sense
             ,
             and
             offer
             their
             several
             modes
             and
             ways
             ;
             and
             learned
             Dr.
             More
             ,
             may
             (
             as
             he
             does
             ,
             
               p.
               23.
            
             )
             in
             calling
             them
             all
             extremely
             ridiculous
             ,
             render
             himself
             no
             less
             ridiculous
             in
             his
             weak
             censure
             ;
             and
             when
             all
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             the
             uncertainty
             of
             the
             manner
             does
             not
             argue
             against
             the
             certainty
             of
             the
             thing
             it self
             :
             For
             it
             is
             a
             fixed
             uncontroulable
             Maxime
             in
             the
             Principles
             
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               Potest
               constare
               de
               re
               ,
               quando
               non
               constat
               de
               modo
               rei
            
             ;
             and
             he
             who
             denies
             this
             ,
             may
             with
             equal
             ground
             except
             against
             the
             mystery
             of
             the
             incarnation
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             incomprehensibility
             of
             the
             Unity
             and
             Trinity
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             follows
             the
             Ninth
             Conclusion
             ,
             which
             was
             left
             behind
             ,
             as
             a
             stragler
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Flock
             ,
             being
             owned
             by
             none
             of
             its
             next
             Neighbours
             as
             any
             thing
             akin
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             speaks
             thus
             ;
             
               That
               the
               using
               any
               of
               those
               actions
               or
               gestures
               ,
               or
               doing
               any
               of
               those
               things
               ,
               that
               the
               true
               and
               supreme
               God
               did
               chuse
               and
               challenge
               in
               the
               setting
               out
               the
               mode
               of
               his
               own
               Worship
               ,
               towards
               or
               in
               reference
               to
               any
               Creature
               ,
               as
               to
               an
               object
               ,
               is
               idolatry
               .
               Because
               such
               a
               mode
               of
               worship
               does
               thus
               manifestly
               appear
               to
               be
               the
               peculiar
               right
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               none
               can
               transfer
               to
               another
               ,
               but
               God
               himself
               .
            
             Thus
             the
             Doctor
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             state
             the
             question
             ,
             whether
             any
             of
             those
             exterior
             actions
             or
             gestures
             ,
             which
             God
             did
             chuse
             in
             the
             setting
             out
             the
             mode
             of
             his
             own
             Worship
             ,
             for
             example
             ,
             
               Incurvation
               or
               bowing
               down
            
             the
             Body
             may
             be
             exhibited
             
             to
             a
             Creature
             without
             Idolatry
             ?
             No
             ,
             replys
             the
             Doctor
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             take
             this
             Conclusion
             for
             granted
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             will
             be
             the
             Sequel
             .
             The
             using
             any
             of
             those
             actions
             ,
             or
             gestures
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             that
             the
             true
             and
             supreme
             God
             did
             chuse
             and
             challenge
             ,
             in
             the
             setting
             out
             the
             mode
             of
             his
             own
             Worship
             ,
             towards
             ,
             or
             in
             reference
             to
             any
             Creature
             ,
             as
             to
             an
             object
             ,
             is
             idolatry
             .
             But
             according
             to
             his
             sixteenth
             Conclusion
             ,
             Incurvation
             of
             the
             Body
             is
             one
             of
             the
             actions
             ,
             or
             gestures
             ,
             which
             God
             did
             chuse
             ,
             in
             setting
             out
             the
             mode
             of
             his
             own
             Worship
             :
             Ergo
             ,
             Incurvation
             towards
             or
             in
             reference
             to
             any
             Creature
             ,
             as
             to
             an
             object
             ,
             is
             idolatry
             .
             Now
             I
             subsume
             :
             But
             Abraham
             used
             this
             incurvation
             towards
             Men
             ,
             and
             Angels
             ,
             Gen.
             18.
             and
             23.
             
             And
             the
             beloved
             Disciple
             of
             Jesus
             reiterated
             the
             like
             incurvation
             towards
             an
             Angel
             ,
             Apoc.
             22.
             9.
             
             I
             shall
             leave
             the
             
               (
               ergo
            
             )
             to
             the
             Doctor
             :
             for
             the
             premises
             being
             his
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             envy
             him
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Conclusion
             ,
             which
             makes
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             Saint
             John
             Idolaters
             .
          
           
             The
             
               16th
               .
               17th
               .
               19th
            
             .
             and
             20th
             .
             talk
             much
             of
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             and
             incurvation
             
             towards
             it
             .
             Whereof
             the
             16th
             .
             refers
             to
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             and
             has
             its
             Answer
             there
             .
             The
             
               17th
               .
               That
               the
               Pagans
               worshipping
               their
               demons
               ,
               though
               not
               as
               the
               supreme
               God
               ,
               by
               symbolical
               presences
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Become
             
               Ipso
               Facto
            
             Idolaters
             .
             To
             this
             I
             have
             already
             answered
             ,
             shewing
             that
             the
             Pagans
             gave
             the
             worship
             and
             title
             of
             Deities
             to
             their
             demons
             ,
             and
             therefore
             became
             
               Ipso
               Facto
            
             Idolaters
             .
             The
             19th
             .
             defines
             magisterially
             ;
             
               That
               incurvation
               in
               way
               of
               Religion
               towards
               an
               open
               or
               bare
               symbolical
               presence
               ,
               be
               it
               whatever
               Figure
               or
               Image
               ,
               as
               to
               an
               object
               ,
               is
               flat
               Idolatry
               .
            
             Here
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             of
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             why
             he
             calls
             a
             Figure
             ,
             or
             Image
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             but
             only
             because
             the
             Image
             is
             a
             sign
             or
             token
             ,
             signifying
             or
             representing
             the
             Person
             ,
             whose
             image
             it
             is
             ?
             Then
             I
             enquire
             further
             ,
             whether
             (
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             )
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Person
             ,
             be
             not
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             in
             its
             kind
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             image
             ?
             forasmuch
             as
             both
             of
             them
             are
             signs
             or
             tokens
             representing
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             with
             this
             only
             difference
             ,
             that
             the
             Image
             represents
             it
             to
             the
             eye
             ,
             the
             Name
             to
             the
             ear
             ?
             And
             why
             then
             ,
             may
             we
             not
             
             bow
             to
             the
             Image
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ?
             or
             how
             can
             the
             one
             be
             condemned
             of
             idolatry
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             must
             incur
             the
             like
             brand
             ?
             The
             20th
             .
             Harping
             still
             upon
             the
             same
             string
             of
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             will
             needs
             maintain
             ,
             
               That
               religious
               incurvation
               towards
               a
               bare
               symbolical
               presence
               ,
               wittingly
               and
               conscientiously
               directed
               thither
               ,
               though
               with
               a
               mental
               reserve
               ,
               that
               they
               intend
               to
               use
               it
               meerly
               as
               a
               circumstance
               of
               worship
               ,
               is
               notwithstanding
               real
               idolatry
               .
            
             To
             me
             this
             Conclusion
             seems
             big
             with
             a
             spirit
             of
             contradiction
             ,
             as
             being
             manifestly
             against
             Scripture
             ,
             against
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             lastly
             against
             Dr.
             More
             himself
             .
             That
             it
             is
             clearly
             against
             Scripture
             ,
             (
             besides
             what
             I
             have
             said
             in
             my
             answer
             to
             the
             last
             Conclusion
             of
             the
             first
             Chapter
             )
             is
             sufficiently
             evidenced
             from
             the
             incurvation
             the
             Scripture
             commands
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             Jesus
             ;
             which
             is
             as
             much
             a
             
               religious
               incurvation
            
             ,
             as
             any
             we
             give
             to
             those
             symbolical
             presences
             ,
             called
             Images
             .
             That
             it
             is
             against
             the
             practise
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             proves
             that
             all
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             kneel
             at
             
             the
             Eucharist
             are
             Idolaters
             ,
             I
             conceive
             to
             be
             no
             less
             manifest
             :
             for
             Protestants
             in
             their
             Communion
             acknowledge
             [
             See
             the
             Protestant
             Rubrick
             after
             Communion
             .
             ]
             
               no
               corporal
            
             and
             real
             ,
             but
             a
             bare
             figurative
             and
             symbolical
             presence
             of
             
               Christs
               natural
               flesh
               and
               blood
            
             .
             And
             religious
             incurvation
             towards
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             being
             real
             idolatry
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Doctor
             :
             What
             follows
             by
             a
             clear
             sequel
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             bow
             the
             knee
             at
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             are
             Idolaters
             ?
             And
             if
             the
             Protestant-Communicant
             ,
             in
             his
             vindication
             ,
             chance
             to
             fly
             to
             a
             mental
             reserve
             ,
             and
             allege
             for
             his
             excuse
             ,
             that
             he
             uses
             it
             meerly
             as
             a
             circumstance
             of
             worship
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             intention
             terminates
             not
             in
             the
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             but
             looks
             up
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             the
             Doctor
             will
             smilingly
             tell
             him
             ,
             (
             for
             they
             are
             his
             own
             words
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ▪
             Concl.
             19.
             )
             
               That
               direction
               of
               our
               intention
               here
               is
               but
               a
               Jesuitical
               juggle
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               using
               it
               meerly
               as
               a
               circumstance
               of
               worship
               ,
            
             is
             idolatry
             ;
             and
             so
             he
             cuts
             him
             off
             from
             that
             plea
             ,
             and
             leaves
             him
             without
             all
             excuse
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             against
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             
             appeal
             to
             the
             Doctor
             himself
             ,
             by
             bringing
             his
             16th
             .
             and
             his
             20th
             .
             Conclusions
             face
             to
             face
             .
             The
             16th
             .
             openly
             avoucheth
             ,
             
               That
               the
               erecting
               of
               a
               symbolical
               presence
               with
               incurvation
               thither
               ward
               ,
               was
               declared
               by
               the
               supreme
               God
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               Israel
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               manners
               of
               worship
               due
               to
               him
               .
            
             The
             20th
             .
             runs
             counter
             ,
             and
             stifly
             presseth
             ,
             
               That
               religious
               incurvation
               towards
               a
               symbolical
               presence
            
             (
             without
             exception
             of
             any
             )
             
               wittingly
               and
               conscientiously
               directed
               thither
               ,
               is
               real
               idolatry
               .
            
             These
             two
             Conclusions
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             do
             thwart
             each
             other
             no
             less
             ,
             than
             if
             he
             had
             said
             in
             direct
             terms
             :
             All
             religious
             incurvation
             towards
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             is
             idolatry
             :
             Not
             all
             religious
             incurvation
             towards
             a
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             is
             idolatry
             :
             For
             the
             20th
             .
             is
             a
             Universal
             affirmative
             ,
             and
             maintains
             the
             first
             ;
             The
             16th
             .
             implies
             no
             less
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             asserted
             in
             the
             second
             .
             The
             22th
             .
             and
             23th
             .
             Conclusions
             weakly
             cavil
             at
             the
             adoration
             of
             the
             Host
             ,
             as
             idolatrous
             either
             in
             Catholiques
             or
             Protestants
             .
             But
             these
             petty
             niblers
             at
             the
             most
             blessed
             and
             ever
             adorable
             Sacrament
             shall
             have
             their
             answer
             in
             the
             next
             Chapter
             ,
             
             where
             the
             Doctor
             treats
             this
             Subject
             
               Ex
               professo
            
             :
             Only
             here
             I
             add
             ,
             that
             for
             Protestants
             indeed
             to
             adore
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             who
             believe
             no
             corporal
             presence
             of
             Christ
             there
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             Sacramental
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             remain
             still
             in
             their
             
               natural
               substances
            
             (
             so
             speaks
             their
             abovesaid
             Rubrick
             :
             )
             would
             be
             the
             like
             crime
             ,
             as
             for
             an
             unconverted
             Jew
             to
             adore
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             believes
             not
             .
             But
             what
             is
             this
             to
             the
             Doctor
             's
             purpose
             ?
             Both
             the
             Jew
             and
             the
             Protestant
             lie
             under
             the
             prejudice
             of
             an
             erroneous
             perswasion
             ,
             which
             upon
             application
             to
             rational
             and
             sound
             motives
             ,
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             deposed
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             25th
             .
             and
             last
             Conclusion
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             starts
             a
             pretended
             Objection
             against
             his
             charge
             of
             idolatry
             in
             the
             adoration
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             and
             overflows
             whole
             Pages
             in
             answer
             to
             it
             .
             But
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             makes
             no
             such
             Reply
             ,
             nor
             stands
             in
             need
             of
             any
             such
             vindication
             of
             her
             doctrine
             and
             practise
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             leave
             the
             Doctor
             to
             the
             pleasure
             of
             his
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             raising
             his
             Aery
             Castle
             with
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             beating
             it
             down
             with
             
             the
             other
             .
             And
             so
             I
             pass
             on
             to
             the
             Third
             Section
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Third
             Section
             .
          
           
             Which
             answers
             to
             the
             Doctors
             Third
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             THe
             Title
             of
             this
             Chapter
             delivers
             it self
             in
             these
             terms
             ;
             
               That
               the
               Romanists
               worship
               the
               Host
               with
               the
               highest
               kind
               of
               worship
               ,
               even
               that
               of
               Latria
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               injunction
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               Trent
               ,
            
             and
             that
             it
             is
             most
             gross
             idolatry
             so
             to
             do
             .
             It
             had
             been
             ingenuous
             in
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             whilst
             he
             states
             Catholique
             Doctrine
             ,
             to
             speak
             Catholique
             language
             .
             The
             Council
             of
             Trent
             (
             even
             as
             quoted
             by
             himself
             )
             mentions
             not
             the
             Host
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             adoration
             of
             the
             Blessed
             Sacrament
             ,
             or
             (
             which
             is
             the
             same
             )
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             .
             Which
             is
             a
             quite
             different
             thing
             from
             that
             uncatholique
             expression
             of
             worshipping
             the
             Host
             :
             For
             Catholick
             Principles
             own
             nothing
             of
             the
             Host
             to
             remain
             after
             consecration
             ,
             but
             the
             species
             or
             
             symbols
             .
             Nor
             does
             the
             Council
             enjoyn
             the
             worship
             of
             Latria
             to
             the
             symbols
             ,
             but
             to
             Jesus
             Christ
             veiled
             with
             the
             symbols
             .
             In
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             pretends
             to
             undeniable
             demonstration
             ;
             which
             ,
             if
             we
             take
             it
             summ'd
             up
             briefly
             ,
             
               and
               girt
               up
               in
               his
               close
               and
               convictive
               method
               ,
            
             gives
             us
             this
             brisk
             assault
             .
             Transubstantiation
             is
             a
             meer
             figment
             and
             enormous
             falshood
             (
             so
             he
             speaks
             ,
             
               p.
               49.
               )
               Ergo
            
             the
             adoration
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             is
             palpable
             idolatry
             .
             The
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Chapter
             is
             spent
             in
             proof
             of
             his
             Antecedent
             .
             The
             consequence
             he
             conceives
             no
             less
             then
             evident
             :
             because
             if
             the
             doctrine
             of
             Transubstantiation
             be
             false
             ,
             then
             the
             
               Cultus
               Latriae
            
             is
             exhibited
             to
             a
             meer
             Creature
             :
             And
             Costerus
             the
             Jesuit
             sticks
             not
             to
             grant
             the
             sequel
             ;
             
               Viz.
               that
               if
               our
               Church
               be
               mistaken
               in
               the
               doctrin
               of
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               we
               Ipso
               Facto
               stand
               guilty
               of
               such
               a
               piece
               of
               idolatry
               ,
               as
               never
               was
               before
               seen
               or
               known
               in
               this
               World.
            
             I
             answer
             :
             First
             ,
             as
             to
             Costerus
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             deals
             not
             fair●y
             with
             him
             ;
             for
             Costerus
             does
             not
             so
             much
             as
             name
             Transubstantiation
             in
             that
             place
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             Doctor
             ,
             both
             here
             and
             elsewhere
             boasts
             much
             
             of
             Costerus
             his
             concession
             ,
             but
             wholly
             mistakes
             the
             ground
             of
             it
             .
             Costerus
             argues
             thus
             ;
             
             If
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             the
             true
             Body
             of
             Christ
             be
             not
             contained
             ,
             Christ
             has
             dealt
             unworthily
             with
             his
             Church
             ,
             as
             having
             abandoned
             ,
             and
             permitted
             her
             to
             fall
             ,
             and
             continue
             for
             Fifteen
             Hundred
             Years
             together
             ,
             in
             such
             error
             and
             idolatry
             ,
             the
             like
             to
             which
             was
             never
             seen
             nor
             heard
             of
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             ,
             by
             occasion
             of
             his
             own
             words
             .
             Here
             is
             the
             ground
             of
             Costerus
             his
             concession
             :
             If
             the
             true
             Body
             of
             Christ
             be
             not
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             Christ
             had
             dealt
             unworthily
             with
             his
             Church
             ;
             and
             by
             consequence
             would
             not
             be
             the
             true
             Christ
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             adoration
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             would
             be
             ,
             not
             only
             a
             mistake
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             circumstance
             ,
             but
             also
             as
             to
             the
             ,
             object
             ;
             there
             being
             no
             such
             adorable
             object
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             a
             true
             Christ
             ,
             according
             to
             this
             supposition
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             
               Cultus
               Latria
            
             would
             be
             exhibited
             to
             a
             meer
             creature
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             to
             gratify
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             but
             prove
             his
             Antecedent
             ,
             that
             
             Transubstantiation
             is
             a
             meer
             figment
             ,
             and
             enormous
             falshood
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             at
             all
             dispute
             his
             consequence
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             willingly
             grant
             as
             much
             as
             Costerus
             to
             the
             full
             .
             He
             begins
             then
             ,
             and
             undertakes
             to
             evince
             by
             undeniable
             demonstration
             ,
             that
             the
             doctrin
             of
             Transubstantiation
             is
             false
             .
             For
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               Thus
               the
               Body
               of
               Christ
               will
               be
               in
               God
               knows
               how
               many
               Thousand
               places
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               how
               many
               Thousand
               Miles
               distant
               one
               from
               another
               .
               Whereas
               Amphitruo
            
             (
             says
             the
             Doctor
             )
             
               expostulates
               with
               his
               servant
               Sosia
               ,
               and
               rates
               him
               for
               a
               Mad-man
               or
               Impostor
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               make
               him
               believe
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               be
               in
               two
               places
               at
               once
               .
            
             This
             indeed
             is
             a
             fair
             demonstration
             that
             Dr.
             More
             is
             acquainted
             with
             Plautus
             his
             Comedies
             ,
             and
             can
             (
             when
             he
             pleases
             )
             descend
             from
             the
             divinity
             chair
             to
             a
             piece
             of
             unseasonable
             mirth
             and
             stage-drollery
             .
             But
             let
             this
             pass
             ,
             as
             a
             pleasant
             skirmish
             before
             the
             main
             charge
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             he
             musters
             up
             all
             the
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             Logick
             ,
             Physicks
             ,
             Metaphysicks
             ,
             and
             Mathematicks
             ,
             against
             us
             ,
             to
             prove
             that
             one
             Body
             cannot
             be
             in
             two
             places
             at
             once
             .
             His
             first
             evidence
             is
             drawn
             from
             the
             Physicks
             .
             
             
               It
               is
               a
               principle
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               of
               Physicks
               ,
               that
               that
               internal
               space
               ,
               that
               a
               Body
               occupies
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               is
               equal
               to
               the
               Body
               that
               occupies
               it
               .
               Now
               let
               us
               suppose
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Body
               occupy
               two
               such
               internal
               places
               or
               spaces
               at
               once
               .
               This
               Body
               is
               therefore
               equal
               to
               those
               two
               spaces
               ,
               which
               are
               double
               to
               one
               single
               space
               ;
               wherefore
               the
               Body
               is
               double
               to
               that
               Body
               in
               one
               single
               space
               ;
               and
               therefore
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Body
               double
               to
               it self
               ;
               which
               is
               an
               enormous
               contradiction
               .
            
             To
             this
             objection
             ,
             I
             answer
             :
             
               Respicientes
               ad
               pauca
               facile
               definiunt
            
             .
             The
             Doctor
             reckons
             here
             without
             his
             Host
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             Mr.
             Doctor
             ,
             'T
             is
             a
             Principle
             in
             Physicks
             ,
             that
             the
             space
             which
             a
             Body
             occupies
             ,
             must
             be
             equal
             to
             the
             Body
             that
             occupies
             it
             .
             But
             what
             Physicks
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             a
             Body
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             occupying
             a
             space
             equal
             to
             it self
             ,
             cannot
             possibly
             at
             the
             same
             time
             be
             elsewhere
             ,
             without
             occupying
             there
             any
             place
             at
             all
             ;
             (
             that
             is
             )
             be
             present
             there
             ,
             without
             a
             local
             presence
             ?
             And
             if
             this
             can
             possibly
             be
             ,
             your
             Physicks
             are
             quite
             struck
             dumb
             ,
             and
             your
             Demonstration
             blown
             up
             from
             its
             very
             foundation
             .
             Now
             that
             this
             supposition
             is
             more
             than
             meerly
             possible
             ,
             
             is
             clear
             from
             the
             common
             opinion
             of
             the
             learned
             ,
             who
             maintain
             that
             actually
             the
             supreme
             Heaven
             occupies
             no
             place
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Allowing
             the
             Doctor
             his
             own
             supposition
             ;
             
               That
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Body
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               occupies
               two
               different
               places
               ,
               equal
               to
               it self
               .
            
             What
             follows
             ?
             Therefore
             First
             ,
             (
             replies
             the
             Doctor
             )
             
               This
               Body
               is
               equal
               to
               those
               two
               spaces
               ,
               which
               are
               double
               to
               one
               single
               space
               .
               Therefore
               2dly
               ,
               The
               Body
               is
               double
               to
               that
               body
               in
               one
               single
               space
               .
               And
               therefore
               3dly
               ,
               One
               and
               the
               same
               body
               is
               double
               to
               it self
               .
            
             I
             deny
             all
             these
             three
             Therefores
             ;
             which
             are
             no
             more
             than
             meer
             empty
             Paralogismes
             .
             Let
             us
             examine
             the
             first
             inference
             (
             of
             which
             the
             two
             others
             depend
             )
             concluding
             from
             the
             bodies
             being
             in
             two
             places
             at
             once
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             body
             is
             equal
             to
             those
             two
             spaces
             .
             What
             needs
             that
             ,
             Mr.
             Doctor
             ?
             It
             is
             enough
             that
             in
             each
             of
             those
             two
             spaces
             ,
             it
             be
             only
             equal
             or
             commensurate
             to
             that
             determinate
             place
             it
             there
             occupies
             (
             suppose
             of
             six
             Cubits
             ;
             )
             and
             in
             neither
             of
             them
             ,
             equal
             or
             commensurate
             to
             a
             space
             of
             12.
             
             Cubits
             .
             But
             yet
             further
             ,
             admit
             the
             body
             were
             made
             equal
             to
             those
             two
             
             spaces
             ,
             which
             are
             double
             to
             one
             single
             space
             .
             How
             does
             it
             follow
             from
             hence
             ,
             that
             the
             body
             is
             double
             to
             it self
             ?
             Let
             us
             suppose
             a
             body
             of
             one
             Cubit
             ,
             rarified
             to
             its
             double
             dimension
             of
             two
             Cubits
             .
             Will
             Philosophy
             allow
             this
             inference
             for
             current
             ?
             Viz.
             This
             body
             is
             now
             equal
             to
             two
             places
             ,
             which
             are
             double
             to
             a
             place
             of
             one
             single
             Cubit
             .
             Therefore
             the
             body
             is
             double
             to
             that
             body
             ,
             in
             the
             place
             of
             one
             single
             Cubit
             ;
             Therefore
             double
             to
             it self
             .
             What
             answer
             you
             give
             to
             this
             instance
             ,
             will
             serve
             for
             an
             Answer
             to
             your
             own
             Argument
             .
             Again
             ,
             let
             us
             take
             a
             rational
             soul
             ,
             informing
             a
             body
             a
             span
             in
             length
             :
             Then
             let
             us
             suppose
             the
             same
             body
             grown
             up
             to
             two
             spans
             ,
             and
             still
             informed
             by
             the
             same
             soul
             .
             Behold
             now
             another
             parallel
             of
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Argument
             .
             This
             Soul
             is
             co-extended
             and
             commensurate
             to
             two
             spans
             ,
             which
             are
             double
             to
             one
             single
             span
             ;
             therefore
             the
             soul
             is
             double
             to
             that
             soul
             ,
             which
             was
             under
             one
             span
             ;
             therfore
             double
             to
             it self
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             rare
             divinity
             ?
             Let
             the
             Doctor
             show
             a
             material
             disparity
             in
             these
             two
             cases
             ,
             or
             else
             acknowledg
             the
             inconclusiveness
             of
             his
             own
             objection
             .
             But
             
             he
             may
             please
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             the
             places
             being
             continued
             ,
             or
             discontinued
             ,
             in
             one
             or
             the
             other
             case
             ,
             will
             nothing
             avail
             him
             ,
             unless
             he
             can
             demonstrate
             ,
             that
             which
             the
             Schools
             will
             not
             easily
             subscribe
             unto
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             each
             subject
             ows
             its
             unity
             ,
             to
             the
             unity
             of
             place
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             its
             own
             intrinsick
             essence
             .
             Thus
             much
             in
             Answer
             to
             his
             Physicks
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Second
             Objection
             ,
             the
             Metaphisicks
             are
             up
             in
             armes
             against
             us
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             their
             great
             Maxime
             ;
             
               That
               the
               notion
               of
               Unum
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               Indivisum
               a
               se
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Divisum
               a
               quolibet
               alio
               .
            
             The
             first
             part
             of
             which
             Maxime
             seems
             to
             be
             manifestly
             infringed
             by
             us
             ,
             putting
             a
             possibility
             of
             one
             Bodies
             being
             in
             more
             places
             at
             once
             :
             For
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             the
             body
             will
             be
             
               Divisum
               a
               se
               ,
               and
               both
               Unum
               and
               Multa
               .
            
             Thus
             the
             Doctor
             .
             And
             I
             shall
             crave
             the
             favour
             to
             return
             my
             Answer
             in
             the
             same
             Language
             the
             Objection
             speaks
             .
             To
             the
             first
             then
             ,
             I
             reply
             thus
             :
             It
             will
             be
             
               Divisum
               a
               se
               secundum
               substantiam
            
             ;
             I
             deny
             it
             .
             It
             will
             be
             
               Divisum
               a
               se
               quoad
               locum
               ;
               transeat
               .
            
             Then
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             deny
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             be
             
               Unum
               &
               multa
            
             ;
             but
             only
             
               Unum
               in
               multis
            
             :
             
             One
             and
             the
             same
             in
             many
             places
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             answer
             to
             the
             Objection
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctor
             here
             rowles
             the
             same
             Stone
             ,
             and
             relapses
             into
             the
             same
             error
             ,
             which
             was
             reproved
             in
             the
             former
             Objection
             ,
             as
             building
             upon
             a
             false
             and
             ruinous
             bottom
             ;
             for
             he
             supposes
             that
             essential
             unity
             is
             derived
             from
             the
             unity
             of
             Local
             presence
             ,
             and
             not
             from
             the
             intrinsick
             Principles
             of
             the
             Subject
             :
             For
             unless
             we
             grant
             this
             supposition
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             body
             being
             in
             divers
             places
             at
             once
             is
             divided
             from
             it self
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             it
             is
             divided
             from
             its
             intrinsick
             Principles
             ,
             which
             it
             can
             never
             be
             by
             plurality
             of
             local
             presence
             ,
             they
             being
             wholly
             extrinsecal
             to
             the
             subject
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             both
             this
             ,
             and
             the
             precedent
             Objection
             are
             of
             pernicious
             consequence
             ,
             as
             putting
             armes
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Infidels
             ,
             to
             attempt
             against
             the
             mistery
             of
             the
             ever
             adorable
             Trinity
             .
             For
             ,
             as
             the
             Doctor
             argues
             ,
             that
             if
             one
             body
             can
             be
             in
             two
             places
             at
             once
             ,
             it
             will
             follow
             that
             the
             said
             Body
             
               is
               double
               to
               it self
            
             :
             So
             it
             may
             be
             concluded
             with
             '
             greater
             plausibility
             by
             the
             Antitrinitarian
             ,
             that
             if
             one
             and
             the
             same
             
             divine
             nature
             ,
             can
             be
             in
             three
             distinct
             Persons
             at
             once
             ,
             it
             will
             follow
             that
             the
             same
             nature
             will
             
               be
               treble
               to
               it self
            
             .
             And
             as
             he
             objects
             that
             from
             the
             hypothesis
             of
             one
             Bodies
             being
             in
             divers
             places
             at
             once
             ,
             the
             sequel
             will
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             body
             will
             be
             
               Divisum
               a
               se
            
             ,
             contrary
             to
             
               one
               piece
               of
               a
            
             Metaphysical
             Principle
             ;
             of
             the
             notion
             of
             Unum
             ,
             being
             
               Indivisum
               a
               se
            
             :
             So
             may
             the
             Antitrinitarian
             object
             with
             a
             more
             close
             Logick
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             hypothesis
             of
             one
             nature
             being
             in
             three
             distinct
             Persons
             ,
             the
             sequel
             will
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             nature
             will
             be
             
               Divisa
               a
               se
            
             ,
             and
             also
             not
             
               Divisa
               ab
               aliis
            
             (
             because
             really
             identified
             with
             three
             distinct
             Persons
             )
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             
               the
               whole
               Metaphysical
            
             Principle
             of
             the
             notion
             of
             Unum
             ,
             being
             
               Indivisum
               a
               se
               ,
               &
               divisum
               a
               quolibet
               alio
               .
            
             And
             if
             there
             be
             any
             disparity
             in
             the
             case
             ,
             it
             is
             wholly
             on
             the
             Antitrinitarians
             side
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             advantage
             .
          
           
             The
             
             Doctor
             's
             Third
             Objection
             is
             from
             the
             Mathematicks
             .
             I
             shall
             give
             it
             Verbatim
             from
             his
             own
             Pen.
             
               The
               Council
               of
               Trent
               saying
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               separation
               of
               the
               parts
               of
               the
               species
               (
               that
               which
               bears
               the
               outward
               show
               of
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               )
               that
               from
               this
               division
               ,
               
               there
               is
               a
               parting
               of
               the
               whole
               ,
               divided
               into
               so
               many
               entire
               bodies
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               body
               of
               Christ
               being
               always
               at
               the
               same
               time
               equal
               to
               it self
               ,
               it
               follows
               that
               a
               part
               of
               the
               division
               is
               equal
               to
               the
               whole
               ,
               against
               that
               common
               notion
               in
               Euclid
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               is
               bigger
               than
               the
               part
               .
            
             The
             Reader
             may
             please
             to
             take
             notice
             that
             the
             Doctor
             here
             gives
             us
             his
             own
             Paraphrase
             for
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Council
             .
             Now
             to
             the
             Objection
             .
             Surely
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             which
             lent
             the
             Doctor
             this
             notion
             ,
             never
             gave
             him
             commission
             to
             abuse
             his
             borrowed
             Principle
             by
             so
             unskilful
             a
             misapplication
             :
             For
             his
             Argument
             is
             this
             :
             It
             follows
             from
             the
             Council's
             doctrine
             ,
             that
             a
             part
             of
             the
             division
             is
             equal
             to
             the
             whole
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             generally
             established
             notion
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             that
             the
             Whole
             is
             bigger
             than
             the
             Part.
             I
             answer
             :
             The
             Argument
             is
             meer
             Cobweb
             stuff
             ;
             half
             an
             Eye
             is
             enough
             to
             look
             through
             it
             :
             For
             these
             words
             of
             the
             Doctors
             
               (
               That
               a
               part
               of
               the
               division
               is
               equal
               to
               the
               whole
               )
            
             either
             refer
             to
             the
             species
             (
             and
             then
             it
             is
             false
             that
             a
             part
             of
             the
             division
             is
             equal
             to
             the
             whole
             )
             or
             they
             point
             at
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             (
             and
             
             then
             the
             words
             are
             
               De
               subjecto
               non
               supponente
               :
            
             )
             for
             there
             is
             no
             division
             of
             any
             part
             of
             Christ's
             Body
             from
             the
             whole
             .
          
           
             His
             Fourth
             Objection
             is
             from
             Logick
             .
             
               In
               Logick
               (
               says
               the
               Doctor
               )
               it
               is
               a
               Maxime
               ,
               that
               the
               parts
               agree
               indeed
               with
               the
               whole
               ,
               but
               disagree
               one
               with
               another
               .
               But
               in
               the
               abovesaid
               division
               of
               the
               Host
               or
               Sacrament
               ,
               the
               parts
               do
               so
               well
               agree
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               entirely
               the
               very
               same
               individual
               thing
               .
               And
               whereas
               any
               division
               ,
               whether
               Logical
               or
               Physical
               ,
               is
               the
               division
               of
               some
               one
               into
               many
               ,
               this
               is
               but
               the
               division
               of
               one
               into
               one
               ,
               and
               it self
               .
            
             My
             answer
             to
             this
             is
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             with
             much
             more
             reason
             say
             ,
             that
             this
             and
             the
             precedent
             Objection
             is
             but
             
               the
               division
               of
               one
               into
               one
               and
               it self
               .
            
             For
             this
             is
             the
             same
             in
             effect
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             requires
             no
             new
             Answer
             .
             Because
             these
             his
             trifling
             expressions
             ,
             if
             applied
             to
             the
             separated
             species
             ,
             are
             false
             ;
             if
             to
             Christs
             body
             ,
             then
             they
             proceed
             upon
             a
             false
             supposition
             ;
             as
             hath
             been
             declared
             in
             my
             Answer
             to
             the
             Third
             Objection
             .
             And
             therefore
             Logick
             hath
             great
             reason
             to
             take
             it
             ill
             at
             the
             Doctor
             's
             hands
             ,
             for
             making
             her
             instrumental
             to
             such
             an
             illogical
             discourse
             .
          
           
           
             But
             the
             Doctor
             distrusting
             the
             strength
             of
             his
             Logick
             ,
             calls
             in
             his
             Metaphysicks
             again
             to
             her
             relief
             ,
             and
             gives
             us
             a
             Fifth
             and
             mixed
             Objection
             from
             Logick
             and
             Metaphysicks
             .
             
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               implies
               that
               the
               same
               thing
               is
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               at
               the
               same
               time
               .
               For
               that
               individual
               thing
               ,
               that
               can
               be
               ,
               and
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               is
               not
               .
               Now
               the
               individual
               body
               of
               Christ
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               the
               Wafer
               consecrated
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               turned
               into
               his
               individual
               body
               .
               But
               his
               individual
               body
               was
               before
               the
               Consecration
               .
               Wherefore
               it
               was
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               not
               at
               the
               same
               time
               .
               Which
               is
               against
               that
               Fundamental
               Principle
               in
               Logick
               and
               Metaphysicks
               ,
               that
               both
               parts
               of
               a
               contradiction
               cannot
               be
               true
               :
               Or
               that
               the
               same
               thing
               cannot
               both
               be
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               at
               once
               .
            
             Thus
             far
             the
             Doctor
             in
             his
             own
             expressions
             .
             Now
             before
             I
             answer
             his
             Objection
             ;
             there
             are
             two
             or
             three
             particulars
             deserve
             a
             cursory
             reflection
             .
             And
             first
             a
             knowing
             Reader
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             smile
             to
             see
             ,
             
               (
               Can
               be
            
             )
             or
             a
             capacity
             of
             being
             brought
             in
             for
             a
             piece
             of
             an
             Argument
             to
             prove
             that
             a
             thing
             is
             not
             :
             
               That
               individual
               thing
               that
               can
               be
               (
               says
               the
               Doctor
               )
               and
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               
               is
               not
               .
               Secondly
               ,
            
             It
             is
             here
             observable
             ,
             how
             fondly
             the
             Doctor
             plays
             the
             confident
             Dogmatizer
             ,
             asserting
             as
             evident
             (
             for
             in
             this
             Chapter
             he
             professedly
             pretends
             to
             evidence
             an
             undeniable
             demonstration
             .
             )
             
               That
               that
               individual
               thing
               that
               can
               be
               and
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               is
               not
               .
            
             As
             if
             forsooth
             it
             were
             evidently
             demonstrable
             ,
             that
             that
             individual
             thing
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             day
             actually
             in
             being
             ,
             could
             not
             possibly
             be
             destroy'd
             ,
             and
             made
             anew
             again
             to
             morrow
             by
             a
             second
             generation
             .
             For
             if
             this
             be
             absolutely
             possible
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             false
             to
             day
             to
             utter
             this
             Proposition
             :
             
               (
               That
               individual
               thing
               that
               can
               be
               ,
               and
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               is
               not
               .
               )
            
             And
             is
             not
             this
             rashly
             to
             fetter
             God's
             Omnipotency
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             about
             to
             wrest
             a
             power
             out
             of
             his
             Almighty
             Hand
             ,
             which
             he
             may
             have
             ,
             for
             any
             thing
             the
             Doctor
             knows
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             It
             is
             pitty
             to
             observe
             his
             words
             in
             the
             next
             Proposition
             .
             
               The
               individual
               body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               the
               Wafer
               consecrated
               .
            
             Which
             implies
             as
             much
             as
             if
             the
             Water
             were
             the
             material
             cause
             of
             Christ's
             body
             .
             What
             Philosopher
             ever
             spoke
             thus
             unphilosophically
             ?
             
             Yet
             to
             make
             amends
             ,
             he
             immediately
             contradicts
             himself
             ,
             and
             adds
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Wafer
               is
               turned
            
             (
             or
             converted
             )
             
               into
               his
               individual
               body
            
             .
             Which
             is
             a
             much
             different
             thing
             from
             being
             
               made
               of
               the
               Wafer
            
             .
             But
             the
             particle
             
               (
               for
            
             )
             goes
             beyond
             wonder
             .
             
               The
               individual
               body
               of
               Christ
               is
               made
               of
               the
               Wafer
               consecrated
            
             (
             mark
             the
             word
             )
             
               for
               it
               is
               turned
               into
               his
               individual
               body
               .
            
             Which
             is
             a
             piece
             of
             as
             learned
             non-sense
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             said
             in
             open
             terms
             ,
             Because
             the
             Wafer
             is
             turned
             into
             Christ's
             body
             ,
             by
             a
             total
             Conversion
             ,
             which
             excludes
             a
             material
             cause
             ;
             therefore
             his
             Body
             is
             made
             of
             the
             Wafer
             by
             generation
             ,
             which
             requires
             a
             material
             cause
             .
             Thus
             unfortunate
             are
             the
             Acts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             when
             they
             engage
             against
             GOD's
             Church
             .
             I
             come
             now
             to
             his
             Argument
             .
             
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               implies
               that
               the
               same
               thing
               is
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               .
            
             This
             I
             deny
             .
             First
             ,
             Because
             Physicks
             have
             rendred
             it
             probable
             ,
             that
             a
             thing
             which
             actually
             is
             ,
             may
             be
             reproduced
             ,
             without
             losing
             its
             actual
             existence
             .
             And
             if
             we
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             Christs
             body
             is
             thus
             reproduced
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             follow
             ,
             that
             
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             is
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             at
             once
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             before
             the
             Consecration
             :
             but
             only
             that
             it
             is
             by
             a
             first
             production
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             by
             a
             second
             production
             ,
             till
             after
             the
             Consecration
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             will
             assign
             the
             Doctor
             another
             way
             ,
             whereby
             to
             evade
             his
             contradiction
             :
             for
             as
             in
             nutrition
             and
             augmentation
             ,
             when
             new
             matter
             is
             added
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             (
             by
             conversion
             of
             our
             food
             and
             sustenance
             into
             flesh
             )
             the
             Soul
             presently
             begins
             to
             inform
             this
             new
             matter
             .
             And
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             producing
             a
             new
             Soul
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             before
             ;
             but
             only
             the
             Soul
             begins
             to
             be
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             not
             before
             :
             So
             when
             the
             Host
             is
             converted
             into
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             no
             necessity
             enforces
             us
             to
             grant
             the
             production
             of
             a
             new
             body
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             before
             ,
             but
             only
             that
             the
             body
             begins
             to
             be
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             not
             before
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             impartial
             Reader
             now
             judge
             what
             great
             cause
             the
             Doctor
             had
             to
             cry
             Victory
             before
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             so
             manfully
             to
             word
             us
             down
             ,
             and
             conclude
             Hector-like
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             ;
             
               That
               nothing
               could
               be
               more
               fully
               and
               entirely
               contradictious
               ,
               and
               repugnant
               to
               all
               sense
               and
               reason
               ,
               to
               all
               indubitable
               
               Principles
               of
               all
               Art
               and
               Science
               ,
               then
               this
               figment
               of
               Transubstantiation
               :
               so
               that
               any
               one
               (
               says
               he
               )
               that
               is
               not
               a
               meer
               Bigot
               ,
               may
               be
               as
               assured
               that
               Transubstantiation
               is
               a
               meer
               figment
               ,
               or
               enormous
               falshood
               ,
               as
               of
               any
               thing
               else
               in
               the
               whole
               World.
            
             I
             wonder
             whether
             they
             be
             not
             as
             meer
             Bigots
             ,
             with
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             whoever
             believe
             the
             mistery
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             .
             For
             let
             him
             but
             compare
             the
             mysteries
             of
             Transubstantiation
             and
             Trinity
             together
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             shall
             be
             to
             me
             more
             than
             a
             great
             Apollo
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             shew
             that
             there
             is
             any
             thing
             
               more
               fully
               and
               entirely
               contradictious
               ,
               and
               repugnant
               to
               all
               sense
               and
               reason
               ,
               to
               all
               indubitable
               Principles
               of
               all
               Art
               and
               Science
               ,
            
             in
             the
             first
             mistery
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             later
             .
             And
             
               that
               any
               one
               who
               is
               not
               a
               meer
               Bigot
               may
               be
               more
               assured
               ,
               that
               Transubstantiation
               is
               a
               meer
               figment
               or
               enormous
               falshood
               ,
            
             then
             Trinity
             .
             And
             I
             desire
             him
             to
             instance
             in
             particular
             by
             what
             Argument
             he
             has
             attempted
             to
             conclude
             the
             impossibility
             of
             one
             Bodies
             being
             in
             divers
             places
             at
             once
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             emboldened
             from
             hence
             to
             lift
             up
             its
             head
             much
             more
             plausibly
             against
             the
             Unity
             and
             Trinity
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             
             evince
             the
             impossibility
             of
             one
             divine
             nature
             in
             three
             distinct
             Persons
             ,
             really
             identified
             with
             each
             Person
             ,
             and
             yet
             most
             strictly
             one
             in
             essence
             ,
             undistinguish'd
             and
             undivided
             from
             it self
             .
          
           
             If
             Dr.
             More
             would
             proceed
             as
             every
             good
             and
             well-grounded
             Christian
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             he
             should
             rather
             make
             the
             seeming
             impossibility
             of
             these
             two
             mysteries
             an
             argument
             of
             their
             being
             true
             and
             divinely
             inspired
             doctrines
             :
             For
             so
             we
             may
             rightly
             say
             in
             respect
             of
             both
             ;
             
               The
               more
               incredible
               ,
               the
               more
               credible
               .
            
             That
             is
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             more
             incredible
             these
             mysteries
             are
             ,
             if
             we
             only
             consult
             our
             senses
             ,
             and
             the
             bare
             sentiments
             of
             the
             natural
             man
             ;
             by
             so
             much
             the
             more
             credible
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             lies
             a
             divine
             revelation
             at
             the
             bottome
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             art
             ,
             perswasion
             ,
             force
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             else
             in
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             but
             a
             divine
             Authority
             ,
             could
             ever
             have
             wrought
             so
             firm
             and
             general
             a
             belief
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             of
             such
             high
             and
             transcendent
             objects
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Fourth
             Section
             .
          
           
             Containing
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             Fourth
             Fifth
             and
             Sixth
             Chapters
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             entrance
             of
             the
             Fourth
             Chapter
             the
             Doctor
             falls
             foul
             upon
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             for
             teaching
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Saints
               raigning
               with
               Christ
               offer
               up
               their
               Prayers
               for
               Men
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               good
               and
               profitable
               humbly
               to
               invocate
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               fly
               to
               their
               mediation
               ,
               aid
               and
               succour
               ,
               for
               the
               obtaining
               of
               God's
               blessings
               ,
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               his
               Son.
            
             This
             the
             Doctor
             terms
             making
             the
             Saints
             the
             more
             exactly
             like
             the
             
               Pagans
               Dii
               Medioxumi
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Demons
             that
             negotiated
             the
             affairs
             of
             Men
             with
             the
             highest
             Deities
             .
             Now
             to
             prove
             that
             this
             kind
             of
             invocation
             of
             Saints
             is
             down
             right
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             that
             we
             are
             worshippers
             of
             false
             Gods
             ,
             he
             conjures
             up
             a
             spirit
             ,
             which
             for
             its
             many
             names
             ,
             and
             bad
             qualities
             ,
             may
             well
             be
             termed
             Legion
             :
             Viz.
             the
             
               3d.
               4th
               .
               5th
               .
               6th
               .
            
             and
             8th
             .
             Conclusions
             of
             the
             first
             Chapter
             .
             
             As
             also
             the
             
               5th
               .
               7th
               .
               8th
               .
               10th
               .
               11th
               .
               12th
               .
               13th
               .
               14th
               .
               15th
               .
            
             and
             24th
             .
             Conclusions
             of
             the
             Second
             Chapter
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             my
             answer
             to
             these
             Conclusions
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Section
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             will
             prove
             exorcism
             enough
             to
             lay
             this
             foul
             unclean
             Spirit
             of
             Calumny
             ,
             and
             silence
             its
             impertinencies
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             rest
             of
             this
             fourth
             ,
             and
             the
             two
             ensuing
             Chapters
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             acts
             a
             new
             Person
             :
             For
             laying
             aside
             his
             former
             Conclusions
             and
             Demonstrations
             ,
             
             he
             trades
             now
             wholly
             in
             Quotations
             ,
             
               languishing
               about
               Questions
               and
               strife
               of
               words
               .
            
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             so
             discourteous
             as
             to
             give
             Him
             the
             Apostles
             Text
             after
             the
             Protestant
             Translation
             .
             Amongst
             these
             Quotations
             we
             are
             to
             meet
             with
             a
             great
             dearth
             of
             reason
             :
             Three
             entire
             Chapters
             having
             much
             ado
             to
             furnish
             out
             matter
             for
             one
             Argument
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             poor
             one
             too
             ,
             God
             knows
             .
             His
             business
             is
             to
             lay
             down
             ,
             and
             amuse
             his
             Reader
             with
             a
             number
             of
             set
             formes
             of
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             ,
             which
             he
             pretends
             to
             be
             egregiously
             idolatrous
             .
             
             Yet
             scarce
             ever
             mentioning
             the
             Churches
             Publique
             Prayers
             ,
             as
             her
             Liturgys
             ,
             Litany
             ,
             Canonical
             Hours
             ,
             Pontifical
             or
             Ritual
             ;
             he
             plays
             at
             small
             game
             and
             serves
             in
             the
             gleanings
             of
             his
             own
             observation
             ,
             picked
             up
             here
             and
             there
             ,
             out
             of
             several
             Books
             of
             devotion
             ;
             as
             the
             Rosary
             of
             our
             Lady
             ,
             the
             Mary
             Psalter
             ,
             and
             others
             :
             importing
             (
             as
             he
             glosseth
             upon
             his
             Text
             )
             that
             the
             Romanists
             in
             their
             Prayers
             to
             Saints
             (
             especially
             to
             the
             Blessed
             Virgin
             )
             ask
             of
             them
             such
             things
             as
             are
             only
             in
             the
             power
             of
             our
             great
             Saviour
             and
             Redeemer
             Christ
             to
             grant
             :
             Such
             as
             are
             ,
             to
             protect
             us
             from
             all
             evil
             ,
             and
             from
             all
             the
             frauds
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             To
             grant
             us
             strength
             ,
             courage
             ,
             and
             patience
             ;
             spiritual
             illumination
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             and
             purgation
             thereof
             from
             the
             filth
             of
             Sin
             ;
             To
             comfort
             and
             support
             us
             in
             the
             agony
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             to
             conduct
             us
             hence
             into
             Eternal
             Life
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             He
             recounts
             some
             particular
             addresses
             to
             the
             Blessed
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             Saluatrix
             ,
             as
             begging
             salvation
             of
             her
             ,
             with
             a
             
               Domina
               salvum
               me
               fac
               :
               O
               Blessed
               Lady
               ,
               save
               me
               .
            
             From
             whence
             he
             deduceth
             these
             consequences
             ,
             as
             the
             bounteous
             overflowings
             
             of
             his
             Pen.
             
               That
               we
               ask
               such
               thing
               ;
               of
               her
               ,
               as
               are
               in
               the
               power
               of
               none
               but
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               as
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               to
               grant
               :
               That
               we
               make
               the
               Eternal
               God-head
               as
               hypostatically
               united
               with
               the
               Virgin
               ,
               as
               with
               Christ
               Himself
               :
               That
               we
               make
               Her
               a
               She
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Daughter
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               as
               high
               a
               sense
               ,
               as
               Christ
               is
               his
               Son.
            
             As
             to
             the
             fidelity
             of
             his
             Quotations
             (
             having
             not
             the
             Books
             at
             hand
             to
             examine
             them
             )
             I
             can
             neither
             accuse
             nor
             acquit
             him
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             allow
             him
             all
             the
             fair
             play
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             by
             supposing
             ,
             his
             allegations
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             freely
             taking
             them
             upon
             trust
             ;
             Though
             his
             carriage
             hitherto
             gives
             us
             no
             great
             cause
             to
             suspect
             him
             guilty
             of
             too
             much
             candor
             in
             that
             kind
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             single
             out
             one
             of
             the
             most
             harsh-sounding
             forms
             of
             Invocation
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             found
             throughout
             all
             the
             three
             Chapters
             :
             and
             if
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             seemingly
             the
             unsoundest
             (
             nay
             virtually
             includes
             all
             the
             rest
             )
             and
             grates
             upon
             a
             Christian
             eare
             with
             the
             greatest
             show
             of
             offence
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             may
             yet
             admit
             of
             an
             Orthodox
             sense
             ,
             and
             this
             by
             clear
             warrant
             from
             Holy
             Scripture
             ;
             then
             I
             hope
             the
             rest
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             so
             seemingly
             injustifiable
             
             as
             this
             ,
             may
             in
             all
             reason
             be
             excused
             from
             that
             odious
             Epithite
             of
             Idolatrous
             ,
             and
             I
             from
             the
             labour
             of
             all
             further
             apology
             in
             their
             behalf
             .
             And
             there
             is
             no
             form
             of
             invocation
             produced
             by
             the
             Doctor
             of
             a
             higher
             or
             harsher
             strain
             than
             this
             ,
             wherby
             salvation
             seems
             to
             be
             begged
             of
             our
             Lady
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Domina
               salvum
               me
               fac
               .
               Blessed
               Lady
               save
               me
               .
            
             But
             ,
             why
             must
             this
             form
             needs
             be
             idolatrous
             ?
             Must
             the
             flower
             which
             yields
             a
             wholesome
             juyce
             to
             the
             industrious
             Bee
             ,
             needs
             be
             bad
             ,
             because
             the
             venomous
             Spider
             turns
             it
             into
             poison
             ?
             
               Hony
               soit
               qui
               mal
               y
               pense
               ,
            
             is
             an
             useful
             piece
             of
             morality
             in
             things
             of
             ambiguous
             construction
             :
             For
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             the
             evil
             is
             only
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             evil
             thinks
             .
             And
             it
             is
             very
             possible
             that
             he
             who
             makes
             this
             form
             of
             Invocation
             a
             piece
             of
             his
             Litany
             ;
             
               Domina
               salvum
               me
               fac
               .
               Blessed
               Lady
               save
               me
               .
            
             May
             think
             no
             more
             evil
             in
             it
             ,
             nor
             be
             in
             any
             more
             danger
             of
             committing
             idolatry
             thereby
             ,
             than
             Saint
             Paul
             was
             ,
             when
             writing
             to
             the
             Romans
             (
             Rom.
             11.
             14.
             
             )
             he
             uttered
             these
             words
             :
             
               If
               by
               any
               means
               I
               may
               provoke
               to
               emulation
               ,
               them
               which
               are
               my
               flesh
               ,
               and
               might
               save
               some
               of
               them
               .
            
             Or
             ,
             
             when
             he
             speaks
             to
             the
             Corinthians
             in
             this
             sort
             (
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             22.
             )
             
               I
               am
               made
               all
               things
               to
               all
               Men
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               SAVE
               all
               :
            
             or
             ,
             as
             you
             read
             ,
             
               That
               by
               all
               means
               I
               might
               SAVE
               some
               :
            
             which
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             as
             to
             our
             present
             purpose
             .
             Conceive
             now
             that
             some
             humble
             and
             well
             meaning
             suppliant
             had
             made
             his
             applications
             to
             the
             Apostle
             in
             this
             very
             form
             of
             Prayer
             ;
             
               Holy
               Apostle
               SAVE
               me
            
             .
             What
             idolatry
             had
             it
             been
             to
             Petition
             Saint
             Paul
             for
             a
             favour
             ,
             which
             he
             professed
             himself
             both
             ready
             and
             able
             to
             grant
             ?
             for
             here
             the
             Apostle
             cleerly
             supposeth
             in
             himself
             not
             only
             the
             will
             ,
             but
             the
             power
             of
             
               saving
               Souls
            
             .
             But
             in
             what
             sense
             ?
             not
             in
             the
             quality
             of
             a
             God
             ,
             but
             as
             instrumental
             to
             their
             salvation
             by
             his
             Prayers
             and
             Preaching
             .
             So
             that
             
               (
               Holy
               Apostle
               SAVE
               me
               :
               )
            
             had
             signified
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             ,
             
               Holy
               Apostle
               teach
               me
               the
               way
               of
               salvation
               :
            
             or
             ,
             
               Holy
               Apostle
               pray
               for
               my
               salvation
               .
            
             Say
             now
             the
             same
             in
             our
             case
             ;
             that
             as
             Saint
             Paul
             had
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             so
             the
             Virgin
             hath
             in
             Heaven
             the
             like
             ,
             or
             a
             greater
             power
             of
             SAVING
             Souls
             ,
             by
             her
             Patronage
             ,
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             Mediation
             :
             Her
             dignity
             and
             place
             (
             as
             Mother
             of
             God
             )
             affording
             
             her
             a
             neerer
             access
             to
             the
             Throne
             of
             Grace
             ,
             And
             if
             the
             words
             of
             the
             abovesaid
             Invocation
             be
             expounded
             in
             this
             manner
             (
             as
             taking
             our
             measures
             from
             the
             Apostles
             own
             words
             and
             meaning
             )
             it
             will
             be
             one
             and
             the
             same
             kind
             of
             address
             ,
             to
             say
             ;
             
               Blessed
               Lady
               save
               me
            
             :
             or
             ,
             
               Blessed
               Lady
               pray
               for
               my
               salvation
               .
            
             And
             so
             all
             the
             forms
             of
             Prayer
             assigned
             by
             the
             Doctor
             taken
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             will
             amount
             to
             no
             more
             than
             a
             meer
             
               Ora
               pro
               nobis
            
             .
             Now
             whereas
             the
             Doctor
             was
             pleased
             to
             discharge
             his
             Vollies
             of
             calumnies
             against
             us
             ,
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             formes
             of
             Invocation
             ;
             let
             him
             turn
             his
             Paper-pellets
             against
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             discharge
             the
             overflowing
             of
             his
             gall
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             assuming
             to
             himself
             a
             Soul-saving
             Power
             in
             the
             Texts
             abovesaid
             ;
             and
             he
             may
             please
             to
             tell
             him
             ;
             
               That
               hereby
               he
               takes
               upon
               him
               to
               do
               such
               a
               thing
               ,
               as
               is
               in
               the
               power
               of
               none
               but
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               to
               do
               ;
               That
               he
               makes
               the
               Eternal
               God
               Head
               as
               hypostatically
               united
               to
               himself
               ,
               as
               with
               Christ
               ;
               and
               so
               makes
               himself
               a
               second
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               as
               high
               a
               sense
               ,
               as
               Christ
               is
               his
               Son.
            
             The
             
             inference
             is
             equally
             concluding
             ,
             either
             in
             both
             cases
             or
             neither
             :
             And
             therefore
             it
             shall
             be
             at
             the
             Doctor
             's
             choice
             ,
             either
             to
             clear
             us
             ,
             or
             condemn
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             with
             whom
             we
             shall
             not
             fear
             to
             stand
             ,
             or
             fall
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fifth
             Section
             .
          
           
             Which
             is
             ,
             in
             Answer
             to
             the
             Three
             next
             Chapters
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Seventh
             Chapter
             the
             Doctor
             lays
             down
             the
             doctrin
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             in
             these
             termes
             .
             That
             the
             Images
             of
             Christ
             ,
             of
             the
             blessed
             Virgin
             ,
             and
             other
             Saints
             are
             to
             be
             had
             and
             retained
             in
             Churches
             ,
             and
             that
             due
             honor
             and
             reverence
             is
             to
             be
             done
             to
             them
             .
             Here
             the
             Doctor
             gives
             us
             a
             learned
             antithesis
             ,
             between
             the
             Commandement
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             decree
             of
             this
             Council
             .
             
               Thus
               much
            
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Council
               of
               Trent
               has
               declared
               touching
               Images
               is
               plain
               and
               open
               idolatry
               by
               the
               Seventh
               Conclusien
               of
               the
               first
               Chapter
               ,
               and
               expresly
               against
               the
               Commandment
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               forbids
               us
               to
               make
               a●●
               
               graven
               Image
               to
               bow
               down
               to
               ,
               or
               worship
               .
               But
               the
               Council
               of
               Trent
               says
               ,
               yes
               ,
               ye
               may
               make
               graven
               Images
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               up
               in
               their
               Temples
               ,
               and
               give
               them
               their
               due
               honour
               and
               worship
               ;
               nay
               ,
               ye
               ought
               to
               do
               so
               ;
               and
               instances
               in
               the
               very
               act
               of
               bowing
               ,
               or
               kneeling
               and
               prostrating
               our selves
               before
               them
               .
            
             The
             like
             Rhetorical
             flourish
             he
             uses
             against
             the
             Second
             Council
             of
             Nice
             in
             the
             next
             Chapter
             .
             But
             how
             weak
             ,
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             Pharisaical
             this
             Antithesis
             is
             ,
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             declared
             in
             my
             Answer
             to
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             Seventh
             Conclusions
             of
             the
             first
             Chapter
             .
             He
             goes
             on
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               this
               definition
               of
               the
               Council
               is
               so
               palpably
               against
               the
               Commandment
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               fain
               to
               leave
               the
               second
               Commandement
               out
               of
               the
               Decalogue
               ,
               that
               the
               People
               may
               not
               discern
               how
               grosly
               they
               go
               against
               the
               express
               Precepts
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               their
               so
               frequent
               practises
               of
               idolatry
               .
            
             This
             charge
             from
             the
             Pen
             of
             a
             divine
             looks
             something
             more
             than
             strange
             ;
             having
             been
             so
             often
             answered
             ,
             and
             yet
             no
             notice
             taken
             of
             the
             answer
             ,
             nor
             any
             reply
             made
             to
             it
             .
             That
             the
             Commandements
             are
             Ten
             ,
             we
             have
             Scripture
             for
             it
             ,
             
               Exod.
               
               34.
               28.
               
               Deut.
            
             4.
             13.
             
             But
             that
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             ,
             which
             our
             Catechismes
             leave
             out
             ,
             is
             One
             of
             the
             Ten
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             is
             not
             yet
             in
             beeing
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             can
             be
             made
             out
             .
             The
             Scripture
             indeed
             delivers
             the
             Decalogue
             unto
             us
             in
             the
             Twentieth
             Chapter
             of
             Exodus
             ,
             (
             which
             we
             own
             to
             a
             tittle
             )
             but
             doth
             not
             divide
             and
             parcel
             it
             out
             so
             punctually
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             that
             Orthodox
             Divines
             (
             even
             Saint
             Austine
             and
             Saint
             Hierome
             )
             have
             been
             divided
             amongst
             themselves
             about
             the
             division
             of
             it
             .
             As
             for
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               make
               unto
               thee
               any
               graven
               Image
               ,
               or
               any
               likeness
               of
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               in
               Heaven
               above
               ,
               or
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Earth
               beneath
               ,
               or
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Water
               under
               the
               Earth
               :
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               bow
               down
               thy self
               to
               them
               ;
               nor
               serve
               them
               .
            
             These
             words
             I
             say
             according
             to
             our
             School-men
             (
             following
             herein
             the
             opinion
             of
             Saint
             Austine
             )
             do
             make
             but
             one
             with
             the
             first
             of
             not
             worshipping
             other
             gods
             .
             Hereupon
             divers
             of
             our
             Catechismes
             ,
             as
             being
             abbreviations
             of
             Christian
             doctrin
             ,
             fitted
             to
             the
             weaker
             memories
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             leave
             out
             the
             abovesaid
             words
             ,
             together
             with
             divers
             others
             which
             follow
             in
             the
             fffth
             
             and
             sixth
             Verse
             ;
             as
             also
             others
             belonging
             to
             the
             Commandement
             of
             keeping
             the
             Sabboth
             ,
             in
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             Tenth
             ,
             and
             Eleventh
             Verse
             .
             Now
             as
             our
             Catechismes
             leaving
             out
             these
             last
             words
             ,
             through
             meer
             condescendence
             to
             the
             capacities
             of
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             are
             not
             ,
             nor
             cannot
             justly
             be
             censured
             by
             Protestants
             ,
             as
             omitting
             any
             one
             Commandement
             of
             the
             Decalogue
             :
             so
             ,
             before
             the
             Doctor
             could
             rightly
             charge
             us
             with
             leaving
             out
             the
             Second
             Commandement
             ,
             he
             ought
             at
             lest
             to
             have
             gone
             about
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             that
             which
             he
             calls
             the
             Second
             ,
             is
             really
             a
             distinct
             Commandement
             from
             the
             first
             :
             and
             that
             the
             understanding
             is
             not
             the
             same
             ,
             whether
             we
             divide
             the
             Precepts
             of
             the
             first
             Table
             into
             three
             ,
             or
             into
             four
             Commandements
             .
             This
             he
             absolutely
             omitting
             to
             do
             ,
             his
             charge
             proves
             a
             meer
             calumny
             ,
             and
             bearing
             false
             witness
             against
             his
             Neighbour
             .
             And
             so
             whilst
             he
             pleads
             for
             his
             Second
             ,
             he
             very
             uncharitably
             breaks
             his
             Ninth
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             the
             Doctor
             having
             discharged
             his
             passion
             against
             the
             Council's
             doctrin
             ,
             his
             next
             exception
             is
             against
             the
             ground
             ,
             
             or
             reason
             of
             the
             said
             doctrine
             :
             for
             wheras
             the
             Council
             declares
             ,
             that
             due
             honour
             and
             reverence
             is
             to
             be
             done
             to
             Images
             ,
             because
             the
             honour
             done
             to
             the
             Image
             is
             referr'd
             to
             the
             Prototype
             ,
             or
             thing
             represented
             .
             Against
             this
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             argues
             in
             this
             sort
             .
             
               This
               reference
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               is
               either
               in
               vertue
               of
               that
               similitude
               the
               images
               have
               with
               those
               Persons
               they
               represent
               :
               Or
               else
               this
               reference
               (
               without
               any
               regard
               to
               personal
               similitude
               )
               is
               from
               the
               direction
               of
               the
               intention
               of
               the
               devotionist
               .
            
             Then
             he
             supposing
             that
             neither
             of
             these
             ways
             are
             maintainable
             ,
             he
             infers
             that
             by
             no
             means
             ,
             can
             the
             honour
             done
             to
             the
             image
             be
             referr'd
             to
             the
             Prototype
             ,
             or
             thing
             represented
             .
             Now
             that
             this
             reference
             is
             not
             in
             vertue
             of
             the
             similitude
             the
             images
             have
             with
             those
             Persons
             they
             represent
             ,
             he
             proves
             ,
             First
             ,
             Because
             it
             is
             oftentimes
             uncertain
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             any
             such
             similitude
             of
             figure
             betwixt
             the
             Image
             and
             the
             Prototype
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             may
             so
             happen
             ,
             that
             the
             Image
             may
             be
             more
             like
             something
             else
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             to
             the
             Prototype
             :
             For
             example
             ,
             the
             Image
             of
             a
             Saint
             ,
             may
             possibly
             be
             like
             some
             sinner
             ,
             in
             which
             case
             
             this
             wicked
             Person
             will
             intercept
             the
             honour
             due
             to
             the
             same
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             No
             Images
             can
             be
             like
             the
             Saints
             ,
             who
             are
             now
             separated
             Souls
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             
               What
               terrestrial
               Image
            
             (
             says
             the
             Doctor
             )
             
               can
               possibly
               represent
               him
               ,
               that
               is
               truly
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               God-Man
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               the
               object
               of
               our
               adoration
               ,
               but
               as
               he
               is
               this
               divine
               Complexum
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               the
               divinity
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               humanity
               .
            
          
           
             To
             the
             Argument
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             this
             reference
             is
             in
             vertue
             of
             that
             similitude
             ,
             which
             the
             Image
             hath
             with
             the
             Prototype
             ,
             as
             including
             the
             direction
             of
             the
             intention
             of
             the
             Devotionist
             ,
             
               Ipso
               Facto
            
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             a
             rational
             Agent
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Doctor
             's
             disjunctive
             Dilemma
             is
             very
             vain
             and
             defective
             .
             To
             the
             first
             of
             the
             four
             proofs
             ,
             my
             Answer
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             honour
             done
             to
             the
             Image
             may
             be
             referr'd
             to
             the
             Prototype
             ,
             though
             there
             be
             no
             personal
             similitude
             of
             figure
             betwixt
             the
             Image
             and
             the
             Person
             it
             represents
             .
             For
             besides
             the
             similitude
             of
             figure
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             similitude
             ,
             which
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             if
             he
             please
             may
             call
             a
             similitude
             of
             signification
             ;
             the
             Image
             signifying
             the
             dignity
             ,
             quality
             ,
             or
             other
             perfections
             
             of
             the
             Prototype
             :
             Thus
             ,
             though
             there
             be
             no
             personal
             similitude
             of
             figure
             ,
             betwixt
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             yet
             man
             was
             
               made
               after
               the
               Image
               and
               likeness
               of
               God
               ,
            
             Gen.
             1.
             26.
             
             And
             he
             who
             honours
             man
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             ,
             honours
             God
             in
             his
             Image
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             if
             where
             there
             is
             no
             similitude
             of
             figure
             ,
             surely
             much
             more
             where
             there
             is
             a
             specifical
             similitude
             of
             figure
             ,
             the
             honour
             done
             to
             the
             image
             ,
             may
             be
             referr'd
             to
             the
             Prototype
             ;
             as
             it
             happens
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Images
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Saints
             .
             To
             the
             Second
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             the
             case
             the
             Doctor
             puts
             is
             more
             than
             possible
             :
             For
             it
             did
             actually
             so
             fall
             out
             in
             the
             images
             of
             the
             Angels
             or
             Cherubims
             over
             the
             Ark
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             we
             regard
             personal
             similitude
             of
             figure
             and
             feature
             )
             were
             more
             like
             some
             material
             and
             terrestrial
             Beeings
             ,
             then
             those
             incorporeal
             intelligences
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             honour
             done
             to
             them
             was
             referred
             to
             the
             Prototypes
             .
             Whence
             it
             appears
             that
             it
             is
             the
             similitude
             of
             signification
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             similitude
             of
             figure
             and
             feature
             ,
             which
             draws
             the
             honour
             after
             it
             .
             My
             Answer
             to
             the
             Third
             is
             ,
             that
             our
             Images
             pretend
             not
             to
             
             represent
             the
             Saints
             ,
             as
             devested
             of
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             but
             only
             according
             to
             their
             former
             state
             under
             the
             Church
             militant
             ,
             with
             some
             additional
             marks
             of
             a
             Crown
             ,
             or
             Lawrel
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             significative
             representatives
             of
             their
             triumphant
             state
             in
             Glory
             .
             Yet
             ,
             under
             favour
             ,
             why
             may
             not
             an
             image
             be
             like
             a
             separated
             Soul
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             like
             an
             Angel
             or
             Cherubim
             ?
             If
             any
             one
             reply
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             late
             revived
             Platonick
             Philosophy
             ,
             Angels
             have
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             why
             may
             not
             those
             Bodies
             have
             their
             Images
             ?
             Such
             a
             Replyer
             may
             please
             to
             reflect
             ,
             that
             (
             besides
             that
             no
             one
             ever
             yet
             got
             a
             sight
             of
             those
             Angelical
             Bodies
             )
             α
             The
             same
             Principles
             allow
             unto
             Souls
             separated
             and
             discharged
             from
             these
             gross
             terrestrial
             Elements
             ,
             the
             like
             Aerial
             or
             Aetherial
             Vehicles
             with
             Angels
             ;
             and
             therefore
             under
             this
             notion
             ,
             either
             both
             ,
             or
             neither
             of
             them
             ,
             are
             capable
             of
             an
             imagery
             representation
             .
             To
             the
             fourth
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctor
             's
             question
             ,
             either
             comes
             to
             nothing
             ,
             
             or
             to
             something
             worse
             than
             nothing
             ,
             which
             is
             at
             lest
             indirect
             blasphemy
             :
             for
             ,
             if
             a
             terrestrial
             Image
             can
             possibly
             represent
             that
             Person
             ,
             who
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             God-Man
             ,
             then
             the
             Doctor
             's
             Query
             falls
             to
             nothing
             .
             But
             if
             a
             terrestrial
             Image
             cannot
             ,
             then
             neither
             can
             a
             terrestrial
             eye
             represent
             that
             Person
             ,
             who
             is
             truly
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             God-Man
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             whilst
             living
             ,
             did
             never
             see
             that
             Person
             ,
             who
             was
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             God-Man
             ;
             which
             is
             no
             less
             than
             blasphemy
             ,
             and
             so
             worse
             than
             nothing
             :
             implying
             that
             that
             Person
             ,
             called
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             whom
             the
             Apostles
             daily
             beheld
             with
             their
             eyes
             ,
             was
             not
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             God-Man
             .
          
           
             Having
             done
             with
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             begins
             to
             pick
             quarrels
             with
             the
             Second
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             pretending
             the
             doctrine
             of
             this
             Council
             touching
             the
             worship
             of
             Images
             to
             be
             grosly
             idolatrous
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             purpose
             he
             produceth
             divers
             Objections
             ,
             which
             it
             were
             a
             sin
             against
             Logick
             to
             call
             proofs
             ;
             so
             little
             there
             is
             of
             manly
             reason
             in
             them
             .
             But
             because
             he
             gives
             us
             not
             the
             Councils
             own
             words
             ,
             but
             contents
             himself
             with
             
             instancing
             in
             one
             or
             two
             weak
             arguments
             of
             his
             own
             molding
             ,
             which
             he
             would
             gladly
             father
             upon
             the
             Council
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             wrong
             him
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             to
             rob
             him
             of
             the
             child
             of
             his
             own
             brain
             ,
             till
             he
             pleases
             to
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             prove
             it
             to
             be
             none
             of
             his
             own
             .
             Nor
             doth
             he
             end
             here
             ,
             but
             whereas
             the
             Council
             relates
             some
             miracles
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             due
             honour
             given
             to
             the
             images
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Saints
             ,
             these
             he
             most
             profoundly
             confutes
             by
             an
             unanswerable
             laughter
             :
             From
             laughing
             ,
             he
             immediately
             falls
             a
             louring
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             this
             Council
             declares
             that
             it
             is
             lawful
             to
             burn
             Candles
             ,
             Incense
             ,
             and
             Perfumes
             in
             honour
             of
             the
             Saints
             before
             their
             Images
             ,
             which
             he
             in
             an
             angry
             mood
             concludes
             to
             smell
             rankly
             of
             idolatry
             ,
             even
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               Grotius
               himself
               upon
               the
               Decalogue
               .
            
             Good
             Doctor
             ,
             deceive
             not
             your self
             .
             Grotius
             was
             no
             Papist
             ,
             as
             you
             seem
             to
             imagine
             .
             And
             if
             you
             will
             not
             believe
             me
             ,
             take
             it
             upon
             trust
             from
             your
             good
             friend
             Doctor
             Pierce
             against
             Baxter
             .
             As
             for
             us
             ,
             we
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             such
             amphibious
             heads
             ,
             such
             self-divided
             Humorists
             ,
             halting
             
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             as
             Grotius
             ;
             As
             if
             Grotius
             his
             single
             word
             were
             of
             weight
             to
             counterballance
             the
             Authority
             of
             a
             general
             Council
             .
             After
             this
             he
             produceth
             the
             Collections
             of
             Photius
             in
             Justellus
             ,
             and
             adds
             that
             according
             to
             these
             ;
             
               One
               would
               think
               that
               they
               meant
            
             (
             the
             fathers
             of
             this
             Second
             Council
             of
             
               Nice
               )
               the
               Cultus
               Latriae
               to
               the
               Image
               of
               Christ
               ;
               they
               using
               the
               word
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               as
               if
               that
               worship
               ,
               which
               was
               done
               to
               the
               Image
               passed
               through
               to
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               which
               would
               not
               be
               suitable
               to
               him
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               not
               divine
               worship
               .
            
             Here
             is
             a
             discourse
             indeed
             ,
             wherein
             all
             conformable
             Sons
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             are
             concerned
             :
             For
             if
             an
             intelligent
             Protestant
             be
             asked
             ,
             whether
             ,
             when
             they
             bow
             the
             Knee
             at
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             (
             which
             to
             them
             is
             a
             bare
             figure
             ,
             or
             symbolical
             presence
             )
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             intends
             this
             act
             of
             worship
             to
             terminate
             in
             the
             figure
             ,
             or
             to
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             and
             pass
             on
             to
             Christ
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             answered
             ,
             that
             this
             worship
             is
             absolute
             ,
             and
             rests
             in
             the
             bare
             figure
             ,
             then
             Doctor
             
             More
             's
             Twentieth
             Conclusion
             of
             his
             Second
             Chapter
             concludes
             them
             absolute
             Idolaters
             .
             But
             if
             they
             profess
             their
             worship
             
             in
             this
             case
             not
             to
             be
             absolute
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Sacramental
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             but
             relative
             ,
             and
             to
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             pass
             on
             to
             Christ
             ,
             then
             the
             Doctor
             may
             please
             to
             address
             his
             abovesaid
             argument
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             terms
             ,
             and
             say
             ;
             
               One
               would
               think
               that
               they
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             all
             conformable
             Protestants
             kneeling
             at
             the
             Eucharist
             )
             
               meant
               the
               Cultus
               Latriae
               to
               the
               Figure
               ,
               or
               symbolical
               presence
               ,
               they
               using
               the
               word
            
             (
             or
             at
             lest
             the
             sense
             of
             )
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               as
               if
               that
               worship
               which
               is
               done
               to
               the
               figure
               or
               symbolical
               presence
               passed
               through
               to
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               which
               could
               not
               be
               suitable
               to
               him
               ,
               unless
               it
               were
               divine
               worship
               .
            
             Let
             him
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             turn
             this
             Argument
             against
             his
             own
             Brethren
             ;
             and
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             him
             and
             them
             to
             debate
             the
             Point
             .
             His
             next
             pretence
             is
             to
             prove
             positively
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             Photius
             ,
             that
             this
             Council
             gives
             the
             worship
             of
             Latria
             ,
             to
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             ;
             
               and
               such
               a
               kind
               of
               worship
               to
               the
               Images
               of
               the
               Virgin
               Mary
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               as
               that
               while
               we
               adhere
               to
               their
               Images
               or
               Statues
               ,
               we
               are
               declared
               to
               be
               made
               fit
               for
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               vouchsafed
               a
               tactual
               union
               with
               God
               Himself
               .
            
             This
             done
             ,
             he
             insultingly
             tapers
             up
             ,
             and
             
             tours
             himself
             over
             us
             ,
             with
             a
             double
             interrogatory
             .
             
               Can
               any
               thing
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               more
               inflame
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               with
               that
               mystical
               lust
               after
               Idols
               ,
               then
               the
               doctrine
               of
               this
               Nicene
               Synod
               ?
               What
               Philtrum
               more
               effectual
               to
               raise
               up
               that
               Idolomania
               ,
               that
               being
               mad
               and
               love-sick
               after
               images
               and
               idols
               ,
               then
               this
               ?
            
             Thus
             the
             high-flown
             Doctor
             walks
             in
             wonders
             above
             himself
             .
             But
             why
             all
             this
             lavish
             of
             a
             passionate
             Rhetorique
             ?
             The
             Doctor
             had
             plaid
             his
             Master-prize
             if
             he
             had
             given
             us
             all
             this
             rable
             in
             the
             Councils
             own
             words
             .
             But
             instead
             of
             that
             ,
             he
             feeds
             upon
             reversions
             at
             second
             hand
             ,
             takes
             his
             quotations
             from
             Photius
             (
             a
             Person
             of
             as
             much
             credit
             ,
             as
             himself
             )
             and
             makes
             Photius
             the
             Paraphrast
             and
             Interpreter
             of
             the
             Councils
             meaning
             .
             But
             what
             if
             the
             Council
             say
             no
             such
             thing
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             what
             if
             the
             Council
             deliver
             the
             quite
             contrary
             doctrine
             ?
             How
             blank
             then
             will
             the
             Doctor
             's
             charge
             look
             ,
             upon
             the
             discovery
             of
             such
             disingenuity
             ?
             And
             truly
             had
             the
             Doctor
             but
             taken
             so
             much
             as
             a
             cursory
             survey
             of
             Catholique
             Authors
             on
             this
             Subject
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             found
             them
             frequently
             and
             truly
             quoting
             this
             
             very
             Council
             ,
             act
             .
             7.
             to
             prove
             that
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             is
             not
             to
             be
             honoured
             with
             the
             worship
             of
             Latria
             :
             but
             that
             such
             honour
             and
             reverence
             is
             due
             to
             images
             in
             general
             ,
             as
             is
             to
             the
             Books
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             the
             holy
             Utensils
             of
             the
             Altar
             .
             Now
             therefore
             whereas
             the
             Doctor
             was
             pleased
             to
             ask
             ;
             
               What
               Philtrum
               more
               effectual
               to
               raise
               up
               that
               Idolomania
               ,
               that
               being
               mad
               and
               love-sick
               after
               images
               ,
               then
               this
               ?
            
             We
             shall
             give
             him
             leave
             to
             take
             to
             himself
             this
             Idolomania
             and
             love-sick
             humor
             after
             the
             images
             of
             his
             own
             fond
             conceptions
             ,
             and
             the
             idol
             of
             his
             own
             fancy
             :
             for
             therein
             ,
             and
             in
             nothing
             else
             consists
             the
             main
             of
             his
             charge
             against
             us
             .
          
           
             Next
             follows
             the
             Ninth
             Chapter
             ,
             the
             Title
             whereof
             looks
             big
             ,
             and
             speaks
             thus
             .
             
               The
               meaning
               of
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               Trent
               ,
               touching
               the
               worshipping
               of
               images
               more
               determinately
               illustrated
               ,
               from
               the
               general
               practise
               of
               the
               Roman
               Church
               ,
               and
               suffrage
               of
               their
               Popes
               ,
               whereby
               it
               is
               deprehended
               to
               be
               stil
               more
               coursely
               and
               Paganically
               idolatrous
               .
            
             It
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             here
             is
             a
             fair
             flourish
             of
             words
             .
             But
             the
             question
             is
             ;
             
               Quid
               dignum
               tanto
               tulit
               hic
               
               promissor
               hiatii
               ?
            
             Mark
             the
             words
             ;
             
               (
               from
               the
               general
               practise
               of
               the
               Roman
               Church
               .
               )
            
             And
             yet
             instead
             of
             the
             said
             general
             practise
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             He
             begins
             with
             the
             particular
             and
             generally
             rejected
             speculation
             of
             Saint
             Thomas
             and
             Saint
             Bonaventure
             ,
             both
             of
             them
             declaring
             (
             as
             the
             Doctor
             words
             it
             )
             that
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             is
             to
             be
             worshipped
             with
             the
             worship
             of
             Latria
             .
             Good
             Doctor
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             is
             ,
             and
             
               may
               be
            
             .
             The
             one
             implies
             an
             obligation
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             bare
             permission
             :
             and
             you
             produce
             no
             proof
             of
             any
             such
             obligation
             asserted
             by
             these
             holy
             Doctors
             ;
             each
             of
             which
             was
             too
             much
             a
             Divine
             to
             be
             ignorant
             what
             Idolatry
             is
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             a
             Christian
             to
             commit
             it
             .
             Now
             indeed
             that
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             
               may
               be
            
             worshipped
             with
             the
             worship
             of
             Latria
             (
             though
             expresly
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Second
             Council
             of
             Nice
             )
             is
             the
             commonly
             supposed
             Opinion
             of
             Saint
             Thomas
             ,
             and
             Saint
             Bonaventure
             .
             Who
             ,
             as
             they
             never
             mention
             ,
             so
             in
             all
             likelihood
             they
             never
             saw
             the
             said
             Council
             ,
             nor
             the
             eighth
             General
             Synod
             ,
             both
             of
             which
             lay
             concealed
             from
             the
             
             World
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             and
             we
             owe
             the
             publishing
             of
             them
             ,
             only
             to
             the
             later
             and
             more
             inquisitive
             discoveries
             of
             the
             precedent
             Age.
             It
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             what
             was
             the
             meaning
             of
             these
             two
             Doctors
             :
             for
             when
             they
             come
             to
             unfold
             their
             assertion
             ,
             they
             wind
             about
             ,
             and
             enter
             into
             such
             nice
             distinctions
             ,
             as
             requires
             a
             long
             acquaintance
             with
             ,
             and
             deep
             insight
             into
             the
             Schools
             ,
             only
             to
             understand
             ,
             much
             more
             to
             foil
             ,
             and
             confute
             them
             .
             Wherein
             Dr.
             More
             might
             very
             much
             oblige
             the
             World
             ,
             if
             he
             pleased
             to
             engage
             upon
             such
             a
             task
             ,
             as
             a
             noble
             essay
             of
             his
             speculative
             faculty
             .
          
           
             After
             Saint
             Thomas
             ,
             and
             Saint
             Bonaventure
             ,
             comes
             in
             Azorius
             the
             Jesuit
             ,
             he
             also
             affirming
             (
             as
             the
             Doctor
             pretends
             )
             
               that
               it
               is
               the
               constant
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Theologers
               ,
            
             (
             so
             the
             Doctor
             calls
             them
             )
             
               that
               the
               image
               is
               to
               be
               honoured
               and
               worshipped
               with
               the
               same
               honour
               and
               worship
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               ,
               whose
               Image
               it
               is
               .
            
             Which
             (
             says
             the
             Doctor
             )
             
               is
               not
               unlike
               that
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               Nice
               ,
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               in
               the
               foregoing
               citation
            
             .
             Here
             is
             a
             proofless
             accusation
             ,
             which
             the
             learned
             
             call
             a
             calumny
             ,
             whereby
             Azorius
             is
             made
             the
             Author
             of
             a
             great
             untruth
             ,
             without
             any
             the
             least
             allegation
             to
             evidence
             the
             charge
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Tenet
             ,
             which
             the
             Doctor
             speaks
             of
             ,
             it
             is
             far
             from
             being
             the
             constant
             Opinion
             of
             our
             Theologers
             ;
             whereas
             't
             is
             now
             generally
             rejected
             by
             them
             ,
             unless
             limited
             by
             that
             restriction
             and
             qualifying
             distinction
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Doctor
             either
             forgot
             ,
             or
             purposely
             omitted
             ,
             in
             his
             long
             translation
             out
             of
             Photius
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             Chapter
             ,
             though
             it
             was
             the
             only
             material
             word
             in
             the
             whole
             citation
             :
             For
             divers
             indeed
             (
             taking
             this
             restriction
             along
             with
             them
             )
             teach
             that
             the
             Image
             may
             be
             honoured
             and
             worshipped
             with
             the
             same
             honour
             and
             worship
             with
             the
             Prototype
             ;
             not
             univocally
             but
             analogically
             ,
             as
             the
             Schools
             speak
             ;
             which
             comes
             to
             a
             meer
             verbal
             contest
             ,
             and
             in
             reality
             imports
             a
             much
             inferiour
             kind
             of
             honour
             done
             to
             the
             Image
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             due
             to
             him
             in
             his
             own
             Person
             ,
             whose
             Image
             it
             is
             .
             I
             shall
             briefly
             open
             the
             distiction
             .
             As
             a
             Man
             and
             a
             Lion
             differ
             specifically
             :
             so
             a
             painted
             Man
             ,
             and
             a
             painted
             Lion
             differ
             no
             less
             .
             
             Whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             painted
             Man
             is
             reduced
             analogically
             to
             the
             species
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             that
             of
             a
             Lion
             :
             no
             more
             than
             the
             painted
             Lion
             ,
             to
             the
             species
             of
             Man
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             Man
             ,
             and
             a
             painted
             Man
             are
             (
             though
             not
             univocally
             )
             yet
             analogically
             the
             same
             .
             Now
             ,
             says
             our
             Doctors
             ,
             look
             what
             proportion
             the
             painted
             Man
             holds
             with
             the
             Man
             himself
             ;
             the
             like
             comparison
             is
             to
             be
             made
             between
             the
             honour
             exhibited
             to
             the
             painted
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             Man
             himself
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Picture
             ,
             and
             the
             Prototype
             .
             And
             therefore
             as
             the
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             painted
             Man
             ,
             are
             analogically
             the
             same
             :
             So
             the
             honour
             done
             to
             the
             painted
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             Man
             himself
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Picture
             and
             the
             Prototype
             ,
             are
             (
             not
             univocally
             but
             )
             analogically
             the
             same
             .
             Thus
             do
             Gabriel
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             interpret
             Saint
             Thomas
             ,
             and
             Saint
             Bonaventure
             .
             If
             the
             Doctor
             understand
             the
             distinction
             ,
             and
             like
             it
             not
             ,
             he
             hath
             his
             Christian
             liberty
             to
             impugne
             it
             .
             If
             he
             understand
             it
             not
             ,
             he
             may
             do
             well
             to
             lay
             down
             the
             Cudgels
             ,
             and
             leave
             these
             great
             Divines
             to
             themselves
             and
             their
             speculations
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             obtrude
             their
             School-niceties
             
             upon
             us
             ,
             as
             part
             of
             our
             Churches
             Faith
             ,
             or
             practise
             ;
             whereas
             he
             himself
             acknowledgeth
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             that
             the
             Council
             of
             Trent
             never
             mentions
             any
             such
             worship
             of
             Latria
             due
             to
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             .
             And
             two
             General
             Councils
             ,
             the
             Seventh
             and
             Eighth
             ,
             
             declare
             definitively
             for
             the
             contrary
             to
             what
             the
             Doctor
             pretends
             :
             For
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             Veneration
             which
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             Images
             ,
             they
             compare
             it
             only
             with
             that
             reverence
             which
             is
             due
             to
             the
             Books
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             the
             Utensils
             of
             the
             Altar
             .
             Which
             are
             both
             of
             them
             to
             be
             honoured
             with
             due
             Veneration
             ;
             the
             one
             ,
             as
             signifying
             holy
             things
             ;
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             consecrated
             to
             holy
             uses
             ;
             both
             which
             considerations
             joyntly
             concur
             in
             the
             images
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Saints
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             Doctor
             pretends
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Consecration
               and
               Worship
               of
               Images
               makes
               them
               perfectly
               as
               the
               Idol-gods
               of
               the
               Heathen
               ,
               as
               Octavius
               jearingly
               speaks
               of
               the
               Heathen-gods
               ,
               in
               Minucius
               felix
               :
               ecce
               funditur
               ,
               fabricatur
               ,
               scalpitur
               ,
               nondum
               est
               Deus
               .
               
               —
               Ecce
               ornatur
               ,
               consecratur
               ,
               oratur
               ,
               tunc
               postremo
               Deus
               est
               .
               Behold
               it
               is
               clothed
               ,
               or
               adorned
               ,
               it
               is
               consecrated
               and
               prayed
               unto
               ,
               then
               at
               length
               it
               becomes
               a
               god
               .
               And
               if
               this
               will
               do
               it
               ,
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome's
               Images
               will
               prove
               as
               good
               Idol
               gods
               ,
               as
               any
               of
               them
               all
               .
            
             Here
             is
             a
             calumny
             indeed
             of
             the
             first
             magnitude
             ,
             most
             uncharitably
             implying
             that
             the
             Roman
             Church
             
               prays
               to
               Images
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Heathens
             did
             to
             their
             Idol-gods
             .
             The
             best
             excuse
             for
             so
             foul
             a
             charge
             is
             the
             palpable
             grossness
             of
             it
             ,
             whereby
             it
             may
             possibly
             be
             hoped
             ,
             that
             no
             Person
             ,
             that
             is
             but
             one
             remove
             from
             a
             fool
             ,
             can
             either
             believe
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             or
             think
             that
             he
             believes
             himself
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             He
             inveighs
             against
             two
             particular
             forms
             of
             consecrating
             Pictures
             ,
             which
             he
             does
             not
             profess
             to
             have
             seen
             himself
             .
             But
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               Chemnitius
               recites
               them
               out
               of
               the
               Pontifical
               he
               had
               read
               .
            
             Here
             is
             a
             third
             proofless
             accusation
             ,
             called
             a
             Calumny
             :
             For
             Chemnitius
             his
             word
             is
             no
             proof
             with
             us
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             known
             Sinon
             ,
             a
             Person
             of
             that
             tried
             integrity
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             who
             never
             trusts
             him
             ,
             shall
             be
             sure
             never
             to
             be
             deceived
             by
             him
             .
          
           
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             He
             brings
             a
             form
             of
             consecration
             of
             Images
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Roman
             Rituall
             :
             
               Grant
               ,
               O
               God
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               before
               this
               Image
               shall
               diligently
               and
               humbly
               upon
               his
               Knees
               worship
               ,
               and
               honour
               thy
               only
               begotten
               Son
               ,
               or
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               or
               this
               glorious
               Apostle
               or
               Martyr
               ,
               Confessor
               ,
               or
               Virgin
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               That
               he
               may
               obtain
               ,
               by
               his
               ,
               or
               her
               merits
               and
               intercession
               ,
               grace
               in
               this
               present
               life
               ,
               and
               eternal
               glory
               hereafter
               .
            
             Upon
             this
             Prayer
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             descants
             after
             this
             manner
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               The
               Virgin
               and
               other
               Saints
               are
               fellow-distributers
               of
               grace
               and
               glory
               with
               Christ
               himself
               to
               their
               Supplicants
               before
               their
               Images
               ;
               and
               that
               upon
               their
               own
               merits
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               service
               done
               to
               them
               in
               kneeling
               and
               pouring
               out
               their
               Prayers
               before
               their
               statues
               or
               symbolical
               presence
               .
            
             Thus
             far
             is
             the
             Doctor
             's
             charge
             who
             might
             have
             done
             well
             to
             have
             lent
             us
             his
             Opticks
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             have
             set
             down
             in
             Capital
             Letters
             that
             sentence
             ,
             word
             ,
             or
             single
             syllable
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             Prayer
             (
             which
             yet
             differs
             from
             that
             in
             the
             Roman
             Rituall
             )
             whereby
             he
             pretends
             to
             infer
             his
             triple
             consequence
             .
             For
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             such
             expression
             in
             the
             whole
             Prayer
             ,
             as
             
               Grant
               
               O
               Virgin
            
             ;
             or
             
               Grant
               O
               Saint
            
             :
             but
             ,
             
               Grant
               O
               God.
            
             How
             then
             do
             we
             here
             make
             the
             Virgin
             and
             other
             Saints
             fellow-distributers
             of
             grace
             and
             glory
             with
             Christ
             himself
             ?
             Much
             less
             do
             we
             make
             them
             fellow-distributers
             of
             grace
             and
             glory
             with
             Christ
             ,
             upon
             their
             own
             merits
             ,
             who
             have
             no
             merits
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             flow
             from
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             absolute
             dependance
             of
             the
             merits
             of
             Christ
             .
             And
             lest
             of
             all
             are
             they
             here
             made
             fellow-distributers
             of
             grace
             ,
             for
             the
             service
             done
             to
             them
             in
             kneeling
             and
             praying
             before
             their
             statues
             ;
             there
             being
             no
             such
             causall
             as
             that
             
               (
               for
            
             )
             specified
             at
             all
             in
             the
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             His
             weak
             Eye-sight
             cannot
             endure
             the
             light
             of
             Wax-candles
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             his
             head
             the
             smoke
             of
             incense
             burning
             before
             the
             images
             of
             Saints
             ;
             both
             which
             he
             pretends
             to
             be
             idolatrous
             .
             This
             he
             confidently
             affirms
             ,
             but
             never
             offers
             to
             prove
             ,
             and
             thereby
             proves
             himself
             guilty
             of
             a
             Fifth
             Calumny
             .
             As
             for
             Temples
             and
             Altars
             ,
             I
             have
             already
             told
             him
             we
             erect
             Temples
             and
             Altars
             to
             God
             alone
             ,
             reserving
             only
             a
             secondary
             honour
             or
             remembrance
             for
             the
             Saints
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             foul
             
             my
             Paper
             with
             taking
             notice
             of
             such
             unseemly
             brothel-language
             ,
             as
             fills
             up
             his
             next
             Page
             .
             It
             is
             enough
             to
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             than
             becomes
             a
             modest
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             He
             touches
             at
             some
             more
             gross
             extravagancies
             ,
             which
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               Though
               they
               have
               connived
               at
               ,
               yet
               they
               would
               be
               loth
               to
               own
               upon
               publick
               authority
               :
               such
               as
               the
               making
               images
               to
               sweat
               ,
               their
               eyes
               to
               move
               ,
               the
               making
               them
               to
               smile
               ,
               to
               loure
               ,
               look
               sad
               ,
               to
               feel
               heavy
               or
               light
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
             The
             Doctor
             's
             Book
             would
             give
             me
             the
             lie
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             term
             this
             any
             thing
             less
             than
             a
             Calumny
             ,
             for
             he
             brings
             not
             so
             much
             as
             any
             one
             single
             instance
             to
             back
             his
             accusation
             ,
             charging
             our
             Church
             with
             connivance
             at
             such
             unchristian
             impostures
             which
             have
             ever
             been
             the
             object
             of
             her
             sharpest
             censures
             ,
             and
             most
             exemplar
             severities
             when-ever
             detected
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             He
             quotes
             a
             Rhyme
             to
             the
             face
             of
             Christ
             ,
             called
             the
             Veronica
             .
             But
             because
             this
             was
             no
             part
             of
             any
             Ecclesiastical
             Office
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Church
             might
             be
             justly
             thought
             responsible
             ,
             he
             teares
             a
             piece
             of
             a
             Hymn
             out
             of
             the
             Breviary
             ,
             which
             he
             presents
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             a
             
             blind
             devotion
             .
             
               O
               crux
               ,
               ave
               spes
               unica
               ,
               hoc
               passionis
               tempore
               ;
               auge
               piis
               justitiam
               ,
               reisque
               dona
               veniam
               .
            
             Then
             he
             runs
             division
             upon
             this
             Text
             ,
             in
             this
             sort
             .
             This
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               must
               sound
               very
               wildly
               and
               extravagantly
               to
               any
               sensible
               Ear.
               And
               yet
               the
               invoking
               any
               Saint
               before
               his
               image
               ,
               for
               aid
               and
               succour
               (
               the
               image
               bearing
               the
               name
               and
               representation
               of
               the
               Saint
               )
               with
               eyes
               and
               hands
               lift
               up
               to
               it
               ,
               is
               as
               arrant
               talking
               with
               a
               sensless
               stock
               ,
               or
               a
               stone
               ,
               as
               this
               ,
               and
               as
               gross
               a
               piece
               of
               Idolatry
               .
            
             If
             you
             had
             but
             added
             one
             clause
             more
             Mr.
             Doctor
             ,
             which
             is
             every
             whit
             as
             well
             grounded
             as
             your
             own
             ,
             you
             had
             done
             your
             deed
             ,
             and
             changed
             your
             calumny
             against
             us
             into
             blasphemy
             against
             God
             :
             for
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             
               The
               invoking
               any
               Saint
               before
               his
               Image
               for
               aid
               and
               succour
               ,
               (
               the
               Image
               bearing
               the
               name
               and
               representation
               of
               the
               Saint
               )
               with
               eyes
               and
               hands
               lift
               up
               to
               it
               ,
               is
               as
               arrant
               talking
               with
               a
               sensless
               stock
               or
               stone
               ,
               as
               this
               :
            
             So
             might
             you
             have
             added
             with
             no
             less
             colour
             of
             truth
             ;
             That
             invoking
             Almighty
             God
             before
             the
             Ark
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             (
             the
             Ark
             being
             but
             a
             figure
             or
             symbolical
             presence
             ,
             and
             of
             Wood
             ,
             and
             had
             in
             it
             the
             Rod
             
             of
             Aaron
             ,
             and
             the
             Tables
             of
             the
             Covenant
             )
             with
             eyes
             and
             hands
             lift
             up
             to
             it
             ,
             was
             as
             arrant
             talking
             with
             a
             sensless
             stock
             or
             stone
             ,
             as
             this
             which
             you
             object
             against
             the
             Worship
             of
             Images
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Churches
             Hymn
             ,
             
               O
               crux
               ave
               spes
               unica
            
             ;
             I
             recommend
             to
             the
             Doctor
             this
             following
             Text
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             1
             
               Cor.
               1.
               18.
               
               For
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               Cross
               is
               to
               them
               that
               perish
               ,
               foolishness
               ,
               but
               unto
               us
               which
               are
               saved
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               power
               of
               God.
            
             Where
             the
             Cross
             is
             figuratively
             taken
             for
             the
             Person
             crucified
             ,
             which
             is
             
               Christ
               the
               Power
               of
               God
            
             ,
             expresly
             so
             called
             ,
             v.
             24.
             of
             the
             same
             Chapter
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             those
             ,
             who
             preach
             the
             Cross
             ,
             may
             by
             an
             easy
             trope
             be
             said
             to
             Preach
             Christ
             crucified
             :
             So
             ,
             allow
             but
             charity
             for
             Interpreter
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             speak
             to
             the
             cross
             ,
             may
             without
             scruple
             be
             supposed
             to
             speak
             figuratively
             to
             Christ
             crucified
             .
             So
             that
             the
             same
             interpretation
             which
             clears
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             will
             absolve
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             her
             apostrophe
             to
             Christ
             crucified
             (
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             the
             Cross
             )
             shall
             pass
             for
             canonical
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             this
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Texts
             ,
             shall
             continue
             in
             being
             ,
             to
             pattern
             and
             
             patronize
             the
             expression
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             end
             with
             this
             parallel
             of
             the
             Apostle's
             Text
             ;
             that
             as
             
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               Cross
            
             ,
             (
             so
             an
             address
             to
             the
             Cross
             )
             
               is
               to
               them
               that
               perish
               ,
               foolishness
               ;
               but
               to
               us
               it
               is
               the
               power
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               wisdome
               of
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Last
             Section
             .
          
           
             Concluding
             with
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             Doctor
             's
             last
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             THe
             Doctor
             concludes
             his
             Treatise
             with
             a
             hearty
             and
             vehement
             Exhortation
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             that
             have
             any
             serious
             regard
             to
             their
             salvation
             ,
             to
             beware
             how
             they
             be
             drawn
             into
             the
             communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             So
             that
             this
             Chapter
             may
             be
             fitly
             entitled
             ,
             Doctor
             Taylour
             Revived
             ;
             or
             a
             second
             Dissuasive
             from
             Popery
             .
             But
             after
             a
             different
             Method
             :
             for
             Doctor
             Taylour
             is
             a
             Person
             of
             a
             more
             refined
             and
             plausible
             insinuation
             :
             a
             smooth
             tongue
             and
             oyly
             expression
             ,
             cloaking
             his
             many
             and
             great
             disingenuities
             ,
             with
             fair
             glozing
             words
             ,
             and
             an
             affectate
             
             strain
             of
             Scripture-phrase
             ,
             pretending
             to
             the
             power
             of
             godliness
             .
             But
             Dr.
             More
             is
             a
             Polemical
             man
             of
             a
             quite
             different
             temper
             .
             His
             fiery
             zeal
             wears
             no
             mask
             :
             His
             disputing
             is
             open
             railing
             ;
             and
             his
             Arguments
             blustring
             words
             ;
             not
             always
             too
             much
             concerned
             whether
             true
             or
             false
             .
             Witness
             the
             Contents
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ;
             whereof
             I
             shall
             give
             my
             Reader
             a
             brief
             Extract
             ,
             drawn
             up
             in
             form
             of
             a
             Homily
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             Doctor
             's
             own
             words
             ,
             and
             charitable
             Dialect
             .
             Thus
             then
             begins
             the
             Dissuasive
             .
          
           
             Dearly
             beloved
             ;
             It
             is
             demonstrated
             as
             clear
             as
             noon-light
             in
             this
             present
             discourse
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             are
             Idolaters
             .
             And
             therefore
             come
             out
             of
             her
             my
             People
             ,
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             partakers
             of
             her
             sins
             ,
             and
             receive
             not
             of
             her
             plagues
             .
             Be
             not
             deceived
             ,
             says
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             6.
             9.
             neither
             Fornicators
             ,
             nor
             Idolaters
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             And
             those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             are
             bound
             to
             continue
             Idolaters
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             live
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             renounce
             their
             Church
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             be
             damned
             ,
             by
             adhearing
             to
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             
             unless
             they
             could
             live
             in
             it
             for
             ever
             .
             But
             because
             some
             Protestants
             have
             declared
             for
             the
             possibility
             of
             salvation
             in
             the
             Romish
             Church
             ,
             this
             piece
             of
             charity
             ,
             in
             some
             of
             our
             party
             ,
             they
             turn
             to
             the
             fencing
             off
             all
             imputation
             of
             idolatry
             from
             themselves
             ,
             arguing
             thus
             :
             That
             no
             Idolaters
             can
             be
             saved
             :
             but
             those
             in
             the
             Romish
             Church
             may
             be
             saved
             ,
             according
             to
             those
             Protestants
             Opinion●
             ;
             therefore
             those
             in
             the
             Romish
             Church
             are
             no
             Idolaters
             .
             But
             most
             assuredly
             in
             that
             some
             of
             our
             Church
             do
             say
             they
             may
             be
             saved
             ,
             upon
             a
             sincere
             and
             hearty
             implicit
             repentance
             of
             all
             their
             sins
             ,
             (
             wherein
             they
             include
             the
             idolatries
             and
             all
             other
             miscarriages
             ,
             which
             they
             knew
             not
             themselves
             guilty
             of
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             blind
             misinstructions
             of
             their
             Church
             )
             no
             more
             is
             given
             them
             by
             this
             ,
             then
             thus
             ;
             viz.
             That
             they
             are
             saved
             by
             disowning
             of
             ,
             and
             dismembring
             themselves
             from
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             it
             is
             in
             their
             power
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             by
             bitterly
             repenting
             them
             that
             they
             were
             ever
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             as
             such
             ;
             and
             by
             being
             so
             minded
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             did
             know
             what
             a
             corrupt
             
             Church
             it
             is
             ,
             they
             would
             forthwith
             separate
             from
             it
             .
             —
             In
             which
             position
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             any
             truth
             ,
             it
             will
             reach
             the
             honest-minded
             Pagans
             as
             well
             .
             I
             conclude
             therefore
             with
             the
             Spirit
             of
             truth
             in
             the
             divine
             Oracles
             ,
             declaring
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             the
             seat
             *
             of
             Satan
             ,
             &
             their
             Church
             a
             his
             Synagogue
             ;
             The
             Pope
             and
             his
             Clergy
             b
             to
             be
             Balaam
             the
             Son
             of
             Bozor
             ,
             who
             loved
             the
             wages
             of
             Unrighteousness
             ,
             and
             who
             was
             the
             murtherer
             of
             
             Christ's
             faithful
             Martyr
             Antipas
             ;
             To
             be
             c
             that
             Woman
             Jezabel
             ,
             who
             calls
             her self
             a
             Prophetess
             ,
             but
             was
             indeed
             a
             Sorceress
             ,
             and
             a
             murtherer
             of
             the
             true
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord.
             To
             be
             also
             that
             false
             Prophet
             d
             that
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             alive
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             .
             To
             be
             that
             great
             City
             ,
             that
             spiritually
             is
             call'd
             Sodom
             and
             Aegypt
             ,
             e
             where
             our
             
             Lord
             was
             crucified
             .
             To
             be
             the
             Beast
             that
             has
             the
             Horns
             of
             a
             Lamb
             f
             but
             the
             voice
             of
             a
             Dragon
             ,
             decreeing
             Idolatries
             and
             cruel
             Persecutions
             against
             God's
             People
             .
             To
             be
             that
             Babylon
             the
             great
             g
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             and
             abominations
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             mellifluous
             Dr.
             
             More
             's
             sweet
             harangue
             ,
             with
             a
             long-winded
             ,
             &c.
             too
             tedious
             to
             be
             inserted
             here
             .
             Now
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             what
             there
             is
             in
             all
             this
             discourse
             ,
             which
             an
             ingenuous
             Son
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             will
             not
             be
             heartily
             ashamed
             of
             ,
             and
             even
             blush
             for
             the
             Doctor
             's
             sake
             .
             Here
             is
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             stout
             railing
             ,
             disingenuity
             more
             than
             is
             necessary
             for
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             an
             ill-grounded
             and
             schismatical
             discourse
             ,
             
             even
             admitting
             a
             Protestant
             Doctor
             for
             Umpire
             in
             the
             case
             .
             As
             for
             our
             Doctor
             's
             dexterity
             in
             the
             learned
             Science
             of
             railing
             ,
             I
             envy
             it
             not
             ;
             nor
             hath
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             any
             great
             reason
             to
             glory
             in
             it
             :
             For
             she
             may
             
             remember
             but
             too
             well
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             black
             days
             of
             the
             late
             apostacy
             ,
             when
             loyalty
             lay
             a
             gasping
             ,
             and
             Religious
             Rebellion
             first
             took
             possession
             of
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             she
             felt
             the
             smart
             of
             this
             language
             her self
             ,
             whilst
             he
             was
             looked
             upon
             as
             the
             best
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             Servant
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             knew
             how
             to
             
               Curse
               Meroz
            
             the
             loudest
             ;
             And
             there
             are
             not
             wanting
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             those
             who
             can
             find
             a
             Rome
             in
             England
             ,
             to
             make
             Meroz
             of
             it
             when
             they
             please
             .
          
           
             But
             his
             great
             disingenuity
             ,
             in
             averring
             so
             peremptorily
             that
             no
             Protestants
             allow
             us
             a
             possibility
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             case
             of
             such
             a
             repentance
             ,
             as
             implies
             an
             absolute
             renunciation
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             its
             idolatrous
             doctrines
             and
             practises
             ,
             by
             disowning
             of
             ,
             and
             dismembring
             our selves
             from
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ;
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             will
             scarce
             appear
             pardonable
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             Fellow-Doctors
             :
             For
             ,
             First
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             Lawd
             in
             his
             Fam'd
             Relation
             ,
             §
             35.
             expresly
             grants
             us
             this
             Possibility
             of
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             to
             clear
             himself
             ,
             and
             shew
             that
             he
             is
             not
             alone
             ,
             he
             cites
             Bishop
             
               Abbot
               ,
               Hall
               ,
               Hooker
               ,
               Field
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             as
             concurring
             with
             him
             in
             the
             same
             Opinion
             ;
             
             and
             this
             without
             any
             such
             renunciation
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             as
             the
             Doctor
             pretends
             ;
             or
             disowning
             and
             dismembring
             our selves
             from
             the
             Roman
             Church
             .
             I
             cannot
             pass
             by
             Mr.
             
             Hooker's
             remarkable
             expression
             upon
             this
             Subject
             ,
             in
             his
             discourse
             of
             Justification
             ,
             §
             17.
             
             
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               deny
               the
               possibility
               of
               their
               salvation
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               the
               chiefest
               instruments
               of
               ours
               .
               Secondly
               ,
            
             Besides
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             ,
             and
             the
             above
             mentioned
             Doctors
             ,
             Dr.
             Potter
             .
             Dr.
             Hammond
             ,
             and
             others
             glory
             much
             of
             the
             charitable
             Principles
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             object
             want
             of
             charity
             to
             us
             ,
             for
             maintaining
             ,
             that
             Protestancy
             unrepented
             destroys
             Salvation
             .
             Now
             if
             the
             Objectors
             should
             retaliate
             ,
             and
             say
             that
             Popery
             unrepented
             destroys
             Salvation
             ,
             I
             would
             willingly
             be
             instructed
             by
             Dr.
             More
             wherein
             lies
             the
             charity
             ▪
             and
             moderation
             they
             boast
             of
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             Nothing
             is
             more
             current
             amongst
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             pressed
             with
             the
             crime
             of
             Schism
             ,
             then
             to
             return
             the
             charge
             upon
             us
             ,
             from
             other
             grounds
             :
             Saying
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Donatists
             and
             Luciferians
             were
             ,
             so
             we
             are
             Schismatiques
             ,
             in
             cutting
             off
             from
             
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Hope
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             other
             Churches
             from
             which
             we
             are
             divided
             in
             Communion
             .
             Whence
             is
             evidently
             inferred
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             make
             this
             Objection
             ,
             cannot
             cut
             us
             off
             from
             the
             hope
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             unless
             they
             mean
             to
             evacuate
             the
             force
             of
             their
             own
             proof
             ,
             and
             fall
             into
             the
             Pit
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             digged
             for
             their
             Neighbours
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             Whereas
             Dr.
             More
             makes
             the
             pretended
             Idolatries
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             the
             ground
             of
             his
             dissuasive
             from
             Popery
             :
             That
             this
             Method
             of
             arguing
             is
             absolutely
             schismatical
             (
             even
             allowing
             the
             case
             to
             be
             ballanced
             in
             Dr.
             
             Thorndike's
             Just
             Weights
             ,
             and
             ruled
             according
             to
             his
             Measures
             )
             Dr.
             More
             may
             find
             abundant
             satisfaction
             in
             the
             first
             Chapter
             of
             the
             abovesaid
             Treatise
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             in
             regard
             I
             have
             mentioned
             so
             eminent
             a
             Person
             ,
             and
             Member
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             Dr.
             Thorndike
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             bold
             to
             turn
             him
             into
             the
             l●sts
             ,
             against
             Dr.
             More
             .
             The
             antithesis
             of
             their
             doctrines
             is
             very
             remarkable
             ;
             for
             they
             run
             diametrically
             opposite
             one
             to
             another
             .
             Dr.
             More
             affirms
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             Host
             in
             the
             Papacy
             to
             be
             Idolatry
             .
             Dr.
             Thorndike
             
             (
             ch
             .
             19.
             )
             denies
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             Host
             in
             the
             Papacy
             to
             be
             Idolatry
             .
             Dr.
             More
             holds
             that
             the
             placing
             and
             reverencing
             Images
             i●
             Churches
             ,
             is
             Idolatry
             .
             
               Dr.
               Thorndike
            
             (
             ch
             .
             19.
             )
             holds
             that
             the
             placing
             and
             reverencing
             Images
             in
             Churches
             ,
             is
             not
             Idolatry
             .
             
               Dr.
               More
            
             will
             have
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             to
             be
             inexcusable
             Idolatry
             .
             
               Dr.
               Thorndike
            
             (
             ch
             .
             16.
             )
             excuses
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             from
             Idolatry
             .
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Dr.
               More
            
             exhorts
             all
             Men
             to
             separate
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             Idolaters
             .
             But
             
               Dr.
               Thorndike
            
             (
             chap.
             1.
             )
             avows
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             separate
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             Idolaters
             ,
             are
             thereby
             schismatiques
             before
             God.
             When
             the
             two
             Doctors
             are
             fully
             agreed
             upon
             these
             Points
             ,
             
               Dr.
               More
            
             shall
             hear
             more
             from
             me
             ,
             if
             he
             desires
             it
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ▪
             I
             shall
             entre●t
             him
             to
             respit
             my
             Pen
             for
             some
             other
             Imployment
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           7.
           line
           10.
           for
           where
           read
           There
           .
           pag.
           9.
           l.
           ult
           .
           for
           tare
           r.
           bare
           .
           p.
           14.
           l.
           5.
           f
           genu
           .
           r.
           gent.
           p.
           17.
           l.
           1.
           f.
           scarce
           ,
           r.
           scarce
           .
           p.
           32.
           l.
           9.
           f.
           speaks
           ,
           r.
           speakers
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A97089-e180
           
             Isa
             .
             46.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             115.
             
          
           
             Habac.
             2.
             
          
           
             Acts
             19.
             26.
             
          
           
             Venerabar
             ,
             inquit
             ,
             ô
             caecitas
             ,
             nuper
             simulacra-in
             incudibus
             deos
             ,
             &
             ex
             malleis
             fabricatos
             .
             —
             Tanquam
             inesset
             vis
             praesens
             adulabar
             ,
             &
             beneficia
             poscebam
             —
             Deos
             esse
             credebam
             ligna
             ,
             lapides
             ossa
             ,
             &c.
             Arnob.
             li.
             1.
             contrae
             Genv.
             
          
           
             α
             See
             Lactantius
             l.
             1.
             c.
             14
             ,
             
               and
               15.
               
               S.
            
             Austine
             ,
             l.
             8.
             c.
             26.
             de
             Civit.
             Dei.
             
          
           
             β
             Euseb
             l.
             3.
             praepar
             .
             c
             2.
             
             S.
             Austine
             in
             Psal
             .
             113.
             
             And
             lib.
             4.
             de
             civit
             .
             dei
             ,
             c.
             10
             And
             lib.
             7.
             de
             Civit.
             Dei
             ,
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             γ
             Euseb
             .
             lib.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             praepar
             .
             
               And
               S.
            
             Austine
             ubi
             supra
             .
          
           
             Euseb
             .
             l.
             5.
             
             Praepar
             .
             c.
             15
             
          
           
             Exod.
             25.
             18.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             c.
             3.
             v.
             7.
             ibid.
             v.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             99.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             28.
             2.
             
          
           
             Costerus
             in
             Enchirid.
             c.
             8
             de
             Sanct.
             mo
             .
             sacram
             to
             .
             n.
             10
             
          
           
             Protestants
             Translate
             it
             ,
             Doting
             about
             Questions
             .
          
           
             α
             See
             the
             ingenuous
             Author
             of
             
               Lux
               Orientalis
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Pre-existence
             of
             Souls
             ,
             (
             a
             happy
             Pen
             ,
             and
             worthy
             of
             a
             better
             Subject
             )
             and
             a
             great
             honourer
             of
             Dr.
             More
             .
          
           
             Council
             .
             7
             
             m.
             actio
             .
             7.
             
             Conc.
             8
             
             m.
             actio
             .
             ult
             .
             can
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             Apoc.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             Apoc.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Apoc.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             c
             Apoc.
             2.
             20.
             
          
           
             d
             Apoc.
             9.
             20.
             
          
           
             e
             Apoc.
             11.
             8
             
          
           
             f
             Apoc.
             13.
             11.
             
          
           
             g
             Apoc.
             17.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Thorndike
             in
             his
             just
             Weights
             ,
             and
             Measures
             .