2, To condemn the Idolatry of the Papists, Synesius said, that the Devil is, [Greek or Hebrew], that he rejoiceth in Idols. Here we see, what was the upshot of his Temptations, even to bring men to worship and bow down before something that is not God. Herein he was gratified by the Heathen Nations, and no less by the Papists; witness ⟨p. 176⟩their worshipping of Images, their Invocation of the Virgin Mary, and other Saints, the adoring before the Bread in the Eucharist, &c. I know they have many Evasions, but yet the stain of Idolatry sticketh so close to them, that all the water in the Sea will not wash them clean from it. This Text clearly stareth them in the face, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Not Saints, not Angels, not Images, &c. They say Moses only said, and Christ repeateth it from him, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, but not only, so that the last clause is restrictive, not the first; but some worship may be given to the creature. Civil we grant but not Religious, and Worship is the most important word. They distinguish of [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew]; the devil demanded of Christ only [Greek or Hebrew], fall down and worship me, not as the supreme Author of all Gods Gifts, but as subordinate; all these things are delivered unto me; but then Christs words were not apposite to refute the Tempters Impudency. Besides, for the distinction of [Greek or Hebrew] & [Greek or Hebrew], the words are promiscuously used; so their distinction of Absolute and Relative Worship, besides that they are groundless, they are unknown to the Vulgar, who promiscuously ⟨p. 177⟩give Worship to God, Saints, Images, Relicts. Some of the Learned of them have confessed this abuse and bewailed it; Espencaeus a Sorbonist, Are they well and godly brought up, who being children of an hundred year old, that is, ancient Christians, do no less attribute to the Saints, and trust in them, than to God himself, and that God himself is harder to be pleased and entreated than they? So George Cassander;
2, To condemn the Idolatry of the Papists, Synesius said, that the Devil is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that he rejoyceth in Idols. Here we see, what was the upshot of his Temptations, even to bring men to worship and bow down before something that is not God. Herein he was gratified by the Heathen Nations, and no less by the Papists; witness ⟨p. 176⟩their worshipping of Images, their Invocation of the Virgin Mary, and other Saints, the adoring before the Bread in the Eucharist, &c. I know they have many Evasions, but yet the stain of Idolatry sticketh so close to them, that all the water in the Sea will not wash them clean from it. This Text clearly stareth them in the face, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou serve. Not Saints, not Angels, not Images, &c. They say Moses onely said, and Christ repeateth it from him, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, but not onely, so that the last clause is restrictive, not the first; but some worship may be given to the creature. Civil we grant but not Religious, and Worship is the most important word. They distinguish of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; the devil demanded of Christ onely 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, fall down and worship me, not as the supream Author of all Gods Gifts, but as subordinate; all these things are delivered unto me; but then Christs words were not apposite to refute the Tempters Impudency. Besides, for the distinction of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the words are promiscuously used; so their distinction of Absolute and Relative Worship, besides that they are groundless, they are unknown to the Vulgar, who promiscuously ⟨p. 177⟩give Worship to God, Saints, Images, Relicts. Some of the Learned of them have confessed this abuse and bewailed it; Espencaeus a Sorbonist, Are they well and godly brought up, who being children of an hundred year old, that is, ancient Christians, do no less attribute to the Saints, and trust in them, than to God himself, and that God himself is harder to be pleased and intreated than they? So George Cassander;
