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…

Which Epistle is to be found in the book of the Epistles of Gregory, or Register, in the tenth part of the fourth Epistle, where he hath these words: That thou diddest forbid images to be worshipped, we praise altogether, but that thou diddest break them, we blame. For it is one thing to worship the picture, and another thing by the picture of the story, to learn what is to be worshipped. For that which scripture is to them that read, the same doth picture perform unto idiots or the unlearned, beholding, and so forth. And after a few words: therefore it should not have ben broken, which was set up, not to be worshipped in Churches, but only to instruct the minds of the ignorant. And a little after, thus thou shouldest have said, If you will have images in the Church for that instruction wherefore they were made in old time, I do permit that they may be made, and that you may have them. And show them, that not the sight of the story, which is opened by the picture: but that worshipping which was inconveniently given to the pictures, did mislike you. And if any would make images, not to forbid them: but avoid by all means to worship any image. By these sentences taken here and there out of Gregory's Epistle to Serenus (for it were to long to rehearse the whole) ye may understand whereunto the matter was now come. vi. hundred years after Christ: that the having of images or pictures in the Churches, were then maintained ⟨p. 64⟩in the west part of the world (for they were not so froward yet in the east Church) but the worshipping of them was utterly forbidden. And you may withal note, that seeing there is no ground for worshipping of images in Gregory's writing, but a plain condemnation thereof, that such as do worship images, do unjustly allege Gregory for them. And further, if images in the Church do not teach men according to Gregory's mind, but rather blind them: it followeth, that images should not be in the Church by his sentence, who only would they should be placed there, to the end that they might teach the ignorant. Wherefore, if it be declared that images have ben and be worshipped, and also that they teach nothing but errors and lies (which shall by Gods grace hereafter be done) I trust that then by Gregory's own determination, all images and image worshippers shall be overthrown.

Whiche Epistle is to be founde in the booke of the Epistles of Gregorye, or Register, in the tenth part of the fourth Epistle, where he hath these wordes: That thou diddest forbid images to be worshipped, we praise altogether, but that thou diddest breake them, we blame. For it is one thyng to worshyp the pycture, and another thyng by the pycture of the storie, to learne what is to be worshypped. For that whiche scripture is to them that reade, the same doth picture perfourme vnto idiottes or the vnlearned, beholdyng, and so foorth. And after a fewe wordes: therefore it shoulde not haue ben broken, whiche was set vp, not to be worshipped in Churches, but onlye to instruct the mindes of the ignoraunt. And a lytle after, thus thou shouldest haue sayde, If you wyll haue images in the Churche for that instruction wherefore they were made in olde tyme, I do permit that they may be made, and that you may haue them. And shewe them, that not the syght of the storie, whiche is opened by the picture: but that worshyppyng whiche was inconueniently geuen to the pictures, did mistike you. And if any woulde make images, not to forbid them: but auoide by all meanes to worship any image. By these sentences taken here and there out of Gregories Epistle to Serenus (for it were to long to rehearse the whole) ye may vnderstand wherunto the matter was now come. vi. hundreth yeres after Christe: that the hauyng of images or pyctures in the Churches, were then maynteyned