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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…
The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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Eusebius writeth,1 that the use of Images came from the Heathen unto us.2 Eccle. Hist. Lib. 7. Cap. 14. And not without a cause. For although in the old Testament there were many holy Patriarchs, Judges, Kings, Priests, Prophets,3 Martyrs, Matrons, Widows and Virgins, which were noble and worthy mirrors of virtue & Godliness, most worthy to be had in remembrance: yet read we not, that there were any Images made of them, or set in places, where the people of God came together for to pray. And the Jews at that time were the peculiar people of God. They remembered the manifold commandments of God concerning the not making & not worshipping of Images, & therefore could they not abide Images neither privately nor publicly. Again in the Primitive Church, no Images were suffered in Christen mens Temples and ⟨image 123⟩Oratories, as we may see by the history of Epiphanius, which did not only cut the Image that hanged in the Church on pieces,4 but he also affirmed, that it is contrary to the Christen religion to have the Image of any man in the Church of Christ.
Eusebius writeth,1 yt the vse of Images came from the Heathen vnto vs.2 Eccle. Hist. Lib. 7. Cap. 14. And not without a cause. For although in the olde Testament there were many holy Patriarches, Iudges, Kynges, Priestes, Prophetes,3 Martyrs, Matrones, Wydowes and Uirgines, whiche were noble and worthy myrroures of vertue & Godlynesse, most worthy to be had in remembraunce: yet rede we not, that there were any Images made of them, or set in places, where the people of God came together for to praye. And ye Iewes at that tyme were the peculiar people of God. They remembred the manifolde commaundementes of God concerning the not making & not worshipping of Images, & therfore coulde they not abide Images neither priuatly nor publiquely. Agayne in the Primatiue Churche, no Images were suffered in Christen mens Temples and