A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu.…A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu.…

This second part showeth us / how Idolatry proceedeth / and taketh place in men's con science. The mind of man when it is not illuminated with the spirit of God / nor governed by the scripture / it imagineth / and feigneth god / to be like unto the imagination / and concept of his mind / and not as the scripture teacheth. When this vanity / or fond imagination is con ceauyd in the mind / there followeth a farther success of the isle. he purposeth to express / by some figure / or image / God in the same form / and similitude / that his imagination hath first printed in his mind. so that the mind conceiveth the Idol / and after ward the hand worketh / and representeth the same / unto the senses.

This second part shewithe vs / how Idolatrie procedythe / and takythe place in mennys cō science. The mynd of man when it is not illumynatid with the spryt of God / nor gouernyd by the scripture / it ymaginythe / and faynithe god / to be like vnto the ymagination / and concept of his mynd / and not as the scripture teachythe. When this vanyte / or fond ymagination is cō ceauyd in the mynd / there folowithe a farther successe of the ile. he purposythe to expresse / by sommne fygure / or ymaige / God in the same forme / and similitude / that his ymagination hathe fyrst pryntid in his mind. so that the mind conceauythe the Idole / and after ward the hād workythe / and representythe the same / vnto the senses.

Therefore / God first for biddeth / this inward / and spiritual Idolatry / of the mind / when he saith / thou shalt have no strange Gods before my face. if the mind be corrupted and not persuaded a right: then followeth the making of images / and after / the honouring of them. The cause therefore of external Idolatry ⟨p. LXXIII⟩is internal / and inward ignorance of God / and his word / as Lactantius writeth in his book / of the original of error. As it cannot be other wise / but where as the air is corrupted / there must follow pestilence / and infection of the blood Galen. lib. 1. De diffe. feb. cap. 5. So where the mind is not purely persuaded of god / must follow this gross / and sensible Idolatry / that would honour God in an Idol. The original cause why the are made is / that man thinketh / God would not be present / to help him / except he be / presented some ways unto the recarnall Eyes / as the example of the Israelites declareth. that required Aron to make them Gods / that might lead them in there Journey. They knew right well / that there was but one God / whom they knew / by the miracles / that he wrought among them. but hey thought / he would not be present / and at hand with them / except they might see him in some corporal figure / and image / and that the image / might be a testimony of his presence. so see we that no man falleth into this gross Idolatry: but such as be first infected with a false opinion of God / and his word. then say they / they worship not the image / but the thing represented by the image. against whom writeth saint Augustine in