Now of all these reasons and allegations the Def. answereth directly to nothing, but only to those words see Calvin: and yet not to them neither as they are cited in the Abridgement. For there it is, see Calvin in his 52 serm. on Deut. and ep. 87. Now on these places the Defendants eyes would not serve to look: or at least, his heart would not suffer him to give answer, they are so pregnant. If we have any drop of good zeal in us, it must needs vex and grieve us to see the marks and signs of idolatry: and that we must to the uttermost of our power deface them, &c. nothing upon pretence must be tolerated in the Church, which came either from Satan or from Antichrist. Yet the Def. saith, he hath seen Calvin upon Exod. 23 & 24, and Numb. 23 and Deut. 7 12, and findeth that Calvin holdeth these precepts of destroying Altars and Groves, to bind the Jews only, not Christians: and he biddeth us see Calvin on these places. Surely I have looked and could find no such thing. If there had been any thing worth the knowing, for maintenance of the ceremonies, we should have heard of the words of Calvin; whereas now Calvin is brought in expressly affirming that we may use temples which have been defiled with idols: which is nothing at all to the question of unnecessary ceremon. But if the Def. would discuss this point out of Authors, whether the laws alleged out of the old. Testament against the monuments of Idolatry, do not bind Christians, why doth he not answer to the testimonies of Calvin, Martyr, Grineus, Wolphius, Visinus, Maccabeus, Zanchius, Simlerus, Zepperus, Fulk, & our book of homilies alleged to this purpose in the Abridg. p. 24.
Now of all these reasons and allegations the Def. answereth directly to nothing, but onely to those words see Calvin: and yet not to them neither as they are cited in the Abridgement. For there it is, see Calvin in his 52 serm. on Deut. and ep. 87. Now on these places the Defendants eyes vvould not serue to looke: or at least, his heart would not suffer him to giue answer, they are so pregnant. If we haue any drop of good zeale in us, it must needs vexe and grieue us to see the markes and signes of idolatry: and that we must to the uttermost of our power deface them, &c. nothing upon pretence must be tolerated in the Church, which came either from Satan or from Antichrist. Yet the Def. saith, he hath seen Calvin upon Exod. 23 & 24, and Numb. 23 and Deut. 7 12, and findeth that Calvin holdeth these precepts of destroying Altars and Groues, to binde the Iewes onely, not Christians: and he biddeth us see Calvin on these places. Surely I haue looked and could finde no such thing. If there had been any thing vvorth the knowing, for maintenance of the ceremonies, we should haue heard of the words of Calvin; whereas now Calvin is brought in expresly affirming that we may use temples which haue been defiled vvith idoles: which is nothing at all to the question of unnecessary ceremon. But if the Def. would discusse this poynt out of Authors, vvhether the lawes alledged out of the old. Testament against the monuments of Idolatry, doe not bind Christians, why doth he not answer to the testimonies of Calvin, Martyr, Grineus, Wolphius, Visinus, Machabeus, Zanchius, Simlerus, Zepperus, Fulk, & our book of homilies alledged to this purpose in the Abridg. p. 24.
