The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens…

They give Divine worship to Relics, though they give it not the name. They give both name and thing expressly to vast multitudes. All which they count Relics of Christ are to have Christs honour. Among these they reckon all things that were near him, or touched him on earth, even the earth, water, stones, &c. Not only the things, but persons that touched him, thereby become his Relics, and are to have his worship. The Virgin Mary expressly, and Thousands more may have it by the same ⟨image 12⟩reason, they will not absolutely except the Ass on which he rode. Yea all the Relics of such persons may have it. For they commonly teach that the Relics may have the same worship with the person, whose they are. The best of their Relics impostures, that which passes for the foreskin of Christ, his Shirt, Coat, Blood, the Crown of Thorns, Lance, Nails, Cross, and its Liquor. Their Relics numerous beyond account. How they came to be so, their own Authors tell us. The Devil furnished their Church with some of them, and crafty knaves with others. Yet their whole Religion in a manner consists in worshipping such things as these, as some of themselves tell us. Sect. 3. to page 203.

They give Divine worship to Relicks, though they give it not the name. They give both name and thing expresly to vast multitudes. All which they count Relicks of Christare to have Christs honour. Among these they reckon all thidgs that were near him, or touched him on earth, even the earth, water, stones, &c. Not only the things, but persons that touched him, thereby become his Relicks, and are to have his worship. The Virgin Mary expresly, and Thousands more may have it by the same ⟨image 12⟩reason, they will not absolutely except the Ass on which he rode. Yea all the Relicks of such persons may have it. For they commonly teach that the Relicks may have the same worship with the person, whose they are. The best of their Relicks impostures, that which passes for the foreskin of Christ, his Shirt, Coat, Blood, the Crown of Thorns, Launce, Nails, Cross, and its Liquor. Their Relicks numerous beyond account. How they came to be so, their own Authors tell us. The Devil furnished their Church with some of them, and crafty knaves with others. Yet their whole Religion in a manner consists in worshipping such things as these, as some of themselves tell us. Sect. 3. to page 203.