The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…

I do this day call upon heaven and earth to witness, that ye shall quickly perish out of the land which you shall possess, you shall not dwell in it any long time, but the Lord will destroy you, and will scatter you amongst all nations, and ye shall remain but a very few amongst the nations, whither the Lord will lead you away, and then shall you serve gods which are made with mans hands, of wood and stone, which see not, and hear not, neither ⟨p. 32⟩eat, nor smell, and so forth. This is a notable Chapter, and entreateth almost altogether of this matter. But because it is to long to write out the whole, I have noted you certain principal points out of it. First, how earnestly and oft he calleth upon them to mark & to take heed, & that upon the peril of their souls, to the charge which he giveth them. Then, how he forbiddeth by a solemn & long rehearsal of all things in heaven, in earth, and in the water, any image or likeness of any thing at all to be made. Thirdly, what penalty and horrible destruction, he solemnly, with invocation of heaven & earth for record, denounceth and threateneth to them, their children, and posterity, if they contrary to this commandment, do make or worship any images or similitude, which he so straightly hath forbidden. And when they, this notwithstanding, partly by inclination of mans corrupt nature most prone to idolatry, and partly occasioned by the Gentiles and Heathen people dwelling about them, who were idolaters, did fall to the making and worshipping of Images: GOD according to his word, brought upon them all those plagues which he threatened them with, as appeareth in the books of the kings and the Chronicles, in sundry places at large. And agreeable hereunto are many other notable places in the old Testament. Deuteronomy. xxvii. Cursed be he that maketh a carved image, or a cast or molten image, which is abomination before the Lord, the work of the artificers hand, and setteth it up in ⟨p. 33⟩a secret corner, and all the people shall say Amen.

I do this day call vppon heauen and earth to wytnesse, that ye shall quicklye peryshe out of the lande whiche you shall possesse, you shall not dwell in it anye long tyme, but the Lorde wyll destroye you, and wyll scatter you amongst all nations, and ye shall remayne but a verye fewe amongst the nations, whyther the Lorde wyll leade you away, and then shall you serue gods whiche are made with mans handes, of wood and stone, whiche see not, and heare not, neyther