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so were they not in the beginning in the primitive Church, God grant they may in the end be destroyed. For all Christians in the primitive Church, as Origen against Celsus, Cyprian also and Arnobius do ⟨p. 93⟩testified, were sore charged and complained on, ¹that they had no altars nor images. Wherefore did they not I pray you, conform themselves to the Gentiles in making of images, but for lack of them sustained their heavy displeasure, if they had taken it to be lawful by Gods word to have images? It is evident therefore that they toke all images to be unlawful in the Church or Temple of God, and therefore had none, though the Gentiles therefore were most highly displeased, following this rule: We must obey God rather then men. And Zephirius in his notes upon the Apology of sertullian, gathereth, that all his vehement ²persuasion should be but cold, except we know this once for all, that Christian men in his time did most hate images with their ornaments. And Ireneus (as is above declared) reproveth the heretics called Gnostici, for that they carried about the image of Christ. And therefore the primitive Church which is specially to be followed as most incorrupt and pure, had publicly in Churches, neither idols of the Gentiles, nor any other images, as things directly forbidden by Gods word. And thus it is declared by Gods word, the sentences of the Doctors, and the judgement of the primitive Church, which was most pure and sincere, that all images, aswell ours, as the idols of the Gentiles, be by Gods word forbidden, and therefore unlawful, specially in Temples and Churches.

so were they not in the begynnyng in the primatiue Churche, God graunt they may in the ende be destroyed. For all Christians in the primatiue Churche, as Origen agaynste Celsus, Ciprian also and Arnobius do ⟨p. 93⟩testified, were sore charged and complayned on, ¹that they had no aulters nor images. Wherefore dyd they not I pray you, confourme themselues to the Gentiles in makyng of images, but for lacke of them sustayned their heauie displeasure, if they had taken it to be lawfull by Gods worde to haue images? It is euident therefore that they toke al images to be vnlawful in the Churche or Temple of God, and therefore had none, though the Gentiles therefore were most highly displeased, folowing this rule: We must obey God rather then men. And Zephirius in his notes vppon the Apologie of sertullian, gathereth, that all his vehement