Animadversions on a treatise entitled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…Animadversions on a treatise intituled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…

To close this Discourse, and to come to that, which he seems to love as a Bear doth the Stake; the practice of the Romish Church, in the invocation and adoration of Saints; he tells us, to usher it in, two pretty stories out of Antiquity: The first, of the Jews; and last, of the Pagans. 1. For the Jews; that they accused the Christians▪ before the Roman Emperors for three things: That they had changed the Sabbath, that they worshipped images of the Saints, that they brought in a strange God named Jesus Christ. What if they did so? Was all true, that the Jews accused the Christians of? Besides, what is here about the invocation of Saints? somewhat indeed we have about pictures and images, which, it seems, are contrary to the Judaical Law; not a word do we meet with about their invocation of Saints. But indeed this is a pretty midnight story, to be told, to bring children asleep; as though the Jews durst accuse the Christians before Pagans, for having images and pictures, when the Pagans were ready every day to destroy ⟨p. 392⟩those Jews, because they would have none? A likely matter they would admit of their complaint against them that had them, or that the Jews had no more wit then to disadvantage themselves in their contest by such a complaint? Besides, the whole insinuation is false▪ neither did the Jews so accuse them; nor had the Christians admitted any religious use of Pictures or Images in those days. And this their defence to the accusation of the Pagans, that they rejected all Images, makes as evident as if it were written by the Sun-beams to this day. Being charged by the Pagans with an Image-less Religion, they every-where acknowledge it, giving their Reason why they neither did, nor could admit of a Religious use of any Image at all. I presume, our Author knows this to be so, and I know, if he do not, he is a very unfit person to talk of Antiquity.

To close this Discourse, and to come to that, which he seems to love as a Bear doth the Stake; the practice of the Romish Church, in the invocation and adoration of Saints; he tells us, to usher it in, two prety stories out of Antiquity: The first, of the Jews; and last, of the Pagans. 1. For the Jews; that they accused the Christians▪ before the Roman Emperours for three things: That they had changed the Sabbath, that they worshipped images of the Saints, that they brought in a strange God named Jesus Christ. What if they did so? Was all true, that the Jews accused the Christians of? Besides, what is here about the invocation of Saints? somewhat indeed we have about pictures and images, which, it seems, are contrary to the Judaical Law; not a word do we meet with about their invocation of Saints. But indeed this is a prety midnight story, to be told, to bring children asleep; as though the Jews durst accuse the Christians before Pagans, for having images and pictures, when the Pagans were ready every day to destroy