Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

And thereto I require the Notary to make of all this the which is my will an instrument agens me ut ex habundanti idem Willielmus Dynel eodem die voluit & recognovit quod omnia bona & catalla sua mobillia nobis sint forisfacta in casu quo ipse juramentum praedictum se• aliqua in eodem juramento contenta de cetero contravenerit ullo modo.

And therto I require the Notarie to make of all this the whych is my will an instrument agens me ut ex habundanti idem Willielmus Dynel eodem die voluit & recognovit quod omnia bona & catalla sua mobillia nobis sint forisfacta in casu quo ipse juramentum praedictum se• aliqua in eodem juramento contenta de cetero contravenerit ullo modo.

Here you see whether Papists worship Images, and whether they take it not for Heresy (which is death) not to worship them, and whether they leave it to mens liberty or not.

Here you see whether Papists worship Images, and whether they take it not for Heresie (which is death) not to worship them, and whether they leave it to mens liberty or not.

§ 5. Leo Isaurus being Emperor, he took the worshipping of Images to be Idolatry; and his Empire being invaded by the Saracens, who were scandalized ⟨p. 206⟩by the Christians Images, he thought it was a warning to him to reform them; and he published his Edict accordingly against the Religious adoration and use of the Images of Angels, Martyrs, or Saints. Gregory, Bishop of Rome, resisted him, and made Men believe that this was to fight against Christ, and impiously to despise the Saints. The Emperor commanded his Obedience on pain of Deposition. He would neither obey nor suffer. The Emperor sent Men to apprehend him, (some say to kill him,) but he escaped them. The Lombards were stirred up to make War against the Emperor as an Enemy of Christ: