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A11890 An arrovv against idolatrie Taken out of the quiver of the Lord of hosts. By H.A. Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622? 1624 (1624) STC 222; ESTC S115945 56,377 128

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God 16 And the more to deceiv this serpent maketh man himself his instrument to frame and set up his religion and service which bringeth to perdition For the wisedom and prudence of the natural man which is very c 1 Cor. 1.2 Rom 8 7 foolishnesse and enmity unto God the Divil doth abuse to d 1 King 12.18 Dan. 3. devise and establish a carnal worship and politick religion which exceedingly e Act. 19 28.35 pleaseth the naturals for highly doe they esteem of themselvs and of all their own inventions And Satan to confirm them addeth lying f Rev. 1● 13.14 signes and wonders as fire from heaven to consume the sacrifices on the altar erected to his honour who is g Ioh. 12.3 Prince of this world whom worldly men adore Thus steppeth up Idolatry with her blind devotion a h Gal. 5.2 work of the flesh and of the Divill 17 And this sin so bewitcheth men given over therunto as through Gods just judgment it a Isa. 44. ● shutteth their eyes that they cannot see their hearts that they cannot understand They haue no knowledge or discretion to argue that if they can not giue life or sense or motion to a dead image nor any naturall power therunto to doe Ier. 10.5 good or evill how much lesse can they giue it spirituall life or any religious power vertue or operation For example a man maketh images of silver and gold and buildeth for them a court or pallace One image hee setteth on a throne and calleth it his King others he nameth Lords of the Councill Iudges and Iustices of the Common-wealth Vnto a Iudge he cometh and saith Good my Lord hear the cause of your suppliant and doe me right from the violence of my adversary an other while he supplicateth to the golden King falling down and saying deliver me for thou art my Le●ge Would not this man be derided of all for his folly and counted as witlesse as the image it selfe that he sueth unto No lesse is their madnesse that make images of Saints for religious use building for them Churches and Chappels One idol they name Christ an other S. Peter and the rest as they please to call them And though they bee altogether false representations as it the lot of images to be a Hab. 2 1● teachers of lies so that the picture of Christ be in deed like Caiphas and S. Peters like Iscariot resembling no more the true visage of Christ and of Peter then K. Henry the S his picture is like the image of Iulius Caesar neither is there any more holines in these statues by any relation or reference then the Divill can giue them for word of God to sanctifie them there is none yet fall the fools down before these their fictions and say O Christ help me S. Peter pray for me But these stony Saints b Psa. 115● 5 6.8 haue eyes and see not haue ears and hear not like them be they that make them and whosoever trusteth in them 18 Nor is there lesse impiety in idols of other nature and esteem For when among men one is set up as Head of the Church an other as Patriarch an other as Primate Arch-bishop Metropolitan c. all of them as very good Lords spirituall and these without calling and appointment from God these be c Zach. 11●17 idoll Shepheards not true Pastors of the flock and the indignity and dishonour which they doe unto Christ is more then if disloyall subjects should choose and set up from among themselvs without publick Authority one to be Lord President an other Lord Chief Iustice and others in their severall rooms and offices for to rule the realm and to judge all the causes and occurrents of the same 19 So is it in all other religious ordinances of humane invention as when Antichristians set forth new Sacraments to seal up Gods grace and remission of sins what is it but as if some falser should make conveyances of crown land seal them with a signet of his own counterfeit making and call it by the name of the Kings privie seal When they make a new form or frame of Churches as to be Provinciall Nationall Oecumenicall with Arch-preists and Prelates to over-awe them mought they not with as good right alter the form of the Common-wealth making new Ditions and Iurisdictions with Curions Decurions and other new Magistrates to controul them When they make solemn daies of assembly and call them holy when they make new books canons constitutions ceremonies and call them Ecclesiasticall sacred laudable constraining men to keep and doe them they deal with Christ and his Kingdom as they that in a civill State should take upon them without commission to appoint new Terms Sessions Assises to forge new Laws Statutes Court-rolls evidences c and compell men to credit and obey them Now therefore ô Kings be wise Ps. 2.10.11 be learned yee Iudges of the earth serue the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling and purge your Realms of all idolatries the humane ordinances of religion which are after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ. For you would none of you suffer such innovation or alteration in your Civill Polities lest your Honours should be impeached much lesse should ye suffer it in the Politie Ecclesiastick to provoke God to wrath For he is a gealous God Exod. 20.5 and will visit this iniquity on Princes and on Subjects on fathers and on children blessed are they that watch and keep their garments from pollution of the world herein CHAP. II. How fast the sin of Idolatrie cleaveth to all flesh THE service of idols or of God by them although it be a sin more reprehended in Gods word more punished in his works then other vices yet is it most common and familiar with the sons of Adam easily compassing them about and hanging fast upon them As may appear by three demonstrations first how the best men in the world doe easily fall into it secondly after what pleasure they take in it thirdly and then how hardly they are drawn from it Of all these the Scriptures giue testimonies many 2 When God had renewed the face of the world after the sin-floud and Noahs three sonnes Sem Gen. 10. Ham and Iapheth had multiplyed on the earth our father Abram with his father Terah were foul of this sin Ios. 24.2 and served strange Gods till the true God called him from that impiety In his daies idolatrie was spread over all but men would not be reclaimed from it either by Abrahams word or sword though “ Gen. 14.14 17. Kings were given as dust unto it and as scattred stubble unto his bow The Nations in deed saw this great work of God and were afraid a Isa. 41.2 5.6.7 yet turned they not unto him from Idols but strengthned one another in their false religion and made them moe images to saue them from destruction