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A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux wherein the principles of the Roman church, as to moderation, unity and truth are examined and sundry important controversies concerning the rule of faith, papal supremacy, the mass, images, &c. discussed / by John Owen.
London: printed for Ph. Stephens, 1664
A Vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat Lux. › Chapter 21
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CHAP. 21.
Images. Doctrine of the Council of Trent. Of the second Nicene. The Arguments for the Adoration of Images. Doctrine of the ancient Church. Of the chief Doctrine of the Roman Church. Practice of the whole. Vain foundations of the pretences for Image Worship examined and disproved.
Images. Doctrine of the Council of Trent. Of the second Nicene. The Arguments for the Adoration of Images. Doctrine of the antient Church. Of the chief Doctrine of the Roman Church. Practice of the whole. Vain foundations of the pretences for Image Worship examined and disproved.
Your next procedure is to your Discourse of Figures or Images, and my Animadversions upon it. And here you say, you will come up close unto me; you mean in replying unto what I delivered about it; But Sir, I thought this had been contrary to your design; You professed at the beginning of your Epistle that it was so, and have made good use of that declaration of your self, by avoiding every thing in my discourse that you found your self pressed with, and too difficult a task for you to deal withal. Why do you now begin to forget your self and to cast off the pretence you have hitherto shadowed your self under, and excused your self by from tergiversation? Surely you think you are upon this head able to say somewhat to the purpose, which you despaired of doing upon others of as great importance, and therefore now you may argue and dispute, which before the design of your Fiat would not permit you to do. As far as I can observe, you speak nothing at any time but what you think is at present for your turn. But whether it have any consistency with that which elsewhere you have delivered, you make it not much your concernment to enquire. But we shall quickly see whether you had