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A godly and learned exposition or commentary upon the three first chapters of the…A godly and learned exposition or commentarie vpon the three first chapters of the…
A godly and learned exposition or commentary upon the three first chapters of the Revelation. Preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine, master William Perkins, Ann. Dom. 1595. First published for the benefit of Gods Church, by Robert Hill, Bachelor of DivinityA godly and learned exposition or commentarie vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation. Preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and judicious diuine, maister William Perkins, Ann. Dom. 1595. First published for the benefit of Gods Church, by Robert Hill, Bachelor of Diuinitie
London: printed by Adam Islip for Cuthbert Burbie, 1606
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
II. Reason. An idol is nothing, 1. Cor. 8.4. and therefore we sin not in eating meats offered unto them▪ Ans. An idol is nothing, that is, in nature subsisting▪ nothing created or ordained of God, it hath no property of the godhead▪ but yet an idol is something in mans imagination, which giveth to it the honour of God, and reputeth it as God, making it a God unto himself.
II. Reason. An idoll is nothing, 1. Cor. 8.4. and therefore we sinne not in eating meates offered vnto them▪ Ans. An idoll is nothing, that is, in nature subsisting▪ nothing created or ordained of God, it hath no propertie of the godhead▪ but yet an idoll is something in mans imagination, which giueth to it the honour of God, and reputeth it as God, making it a God vnto himselfe.
III. Reason. N•aman the Syrian (b)went into the temple of the god Rimmon, and ⟨p. 121⟩there kneeled down: Even so may christians go eat in idols temples? Ans. When Naaman went in thither he did not kneel down to the idol, but to the king, performing a civill duty unto his Prince; who used to lean on Naamans shoulder and worship his false god. And though Naaman were present at idol-worship & service, yet it was with protestation against it: for being cured of his leprosy, he promised to worship no God but the God of Israel: and thereupon he laded two mules with the earth of the land of Israel, in token of his public profession of thankfulness to the true God for his cleansing. If these in Pergamus whom Christ disliketh, had gone as Naaman did into idol temples, they had not sinned as they did. And at this day if men protest against the idolatry of the mass, they may enter into those congregations where mass is said: for this protestation is a flat condemning of their false worship.