A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

Did you never hear that the word preached hath its effect upon the understanding and will as well as upon the Affections, and upon these consequentially only unto its efficacy on them, if they are not deluded? Is growth in knowledge, faith, grace, holiness, conformity unto Christ, Communion with God, for which end the word is commanded to be preached, nothing at all with you? is being made wise in the mystery of the Love of God in Christ, to have an insight into, and some understanding of the unsearchable treasures of his Grace, and by all this the building up of souls in their most holy faith, of no value with you? Are you a stranger unto these things, and yet think your self a meet person to persuade your Countrymen to forsake the Religion they have long professed, and to follow you they know not whither? Or do you know them, and yet dare to thrust in your scurrility to their exclusion? Plainly Sir, the most charitable judgement that I can make of this Discourse of yours, is that it proceeds from ignorance of the most important truths and most necessary works of the Gospel.

Did you never hear that the word preached hath its effect upon the understanding and will as well as upon the Affections, and upon these consequentially only unto its efficacy on them, if they are not deluded? Is growth in knowledge, faith, grace, holiness, conformity unto Christ, Communion with God, for which end the word is commanded to be preached, nothing at all with you? is being made wise in the mysterie of the Love of God in Christ, to have an insight into, and some understanding of the unsearchable treasures of his Grace, and by all this the building up of souls in their most holy faith, of no value with you? Are you a stranger unto these things, and yet think your self a meet person to perswade your Countreymen to forsake the Religion they have long professed, and to follow you they know not whither? Or do you know them, and yet dare to thrust in your scurrility to their exclusion? Plainly Sir, the most charitable judgement that I can make of this Discourse of yours, is that it proceeds from ignorance of the most important truths and most necessary works of the Gospel.

You next proceed to your plea from the Cherubims set up by Moses in the Holy place over the Ark; and thence you will needs wrest an argument for your Images and the worship of them. Although your Vasquez is ashamed of it, and hath cashiered it long ago, and that worthily, as not at all belonging unto thus matter: For 1. The Cherubims were not Images, to which you say, since the real Cherubims are not made of beaten Gold, those set up by Moses must be only figures; but it is of Images that