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A Reformed Catholic
A reformed Catholic: or, A declaration showing how near we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundry points of religion: and wherein we must for ever depart from them with an advertisement to all favourers of the Roman religion, showing that the said religion is against the Catholic principles and grounds of the catechism.A reformed Catholike: or, A declaration shewing how neere we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundrie points of religion: and vvherein we must for euer depart from them with an advertisment to all fauourers of the Romane religion, shewing that the said religion is against the Catholike principles and grounds of the catechisme.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1598Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1598
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Object. II. Exod. 3. 5. God said to Moses, Stand a far off and put off thy shoes, for the place is holy. Now if holy places must be reverenced, then much more holy images, as the cross of Christ, and such like. Answ. God commanded the ceremony of putting off the shoes, that he might thereby strike Moses with a religious reverence, not of the place but of his own majesty, whose presence made the place holy. Let them show the like warrant for images.
Obiect. II. Exod. 3. 5. God saide to Moses, Stand a farre off and put off thy shooes, for the place is holy. Now if holy places must be reuerenced, then much more holy images, as the crosse of Christ, and such like. Ansvv. God commanded the cermony of putting off the shooes, that he might thereby strike Moses with a religious reuerence, not of the place but of his owne maiestie, whose presence made the place holy. Let them shewe the like warrant for images.
III. Object. It is lawful to kneel down to a chair of estate in the absence of the king or Queen: therefore much more to the images of God and of Saints in heaven glorified, being absent from us. Ans. To kneel to the chair of estate, is no more but a civill testimony, or sign of civill reverence, by which all good subjects when occasion is offered, show their loyalty and subjection to their lawful princes. And this kneeling being on this manner, and to no other end, hath sufficient warrant in the word of God. But kneeling to the image of any Saint departed, is religious and consequently more then civill ⟨p. 183⟩worship, as the Papists themselves confess. The argument then proveth nothing, unless they will keep themselves to one and the same kind of worship.
III. Obiect. It is lawfull to kneele downe to a chaire of estate in the absence of the king or Queene: therefore much more to the images of God and of Saints in heauen glorified, being absent from vs. Ans. To kneele to the chaire of estate, is no more but a ciuill testimony, or signe of ciuill reuerēce, by which all good subiects when occasion is offered, shewe their loyaltie and subiection to their lawfull princes. And this kneeling being on this manner, and to no other end, hath sufficient warrant in the word of God. But kneeling to the image of any Saint departed, is religious and consequently more then ciuill