A69076:876
A treatise of Christian religion
A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole body and substance of divinity. By T.C.A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1616
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. No, but such as are made for religious ends and uses: for in civill matters they may have a lawful and commendable use.
A. No, but such as are made for religious ends and vses: for in ciuill matters they may haue a lawfull and commendable vse.
Q. What gather you of this?
A. That the Popish doctrine of Images (that they are Lay mens books), is directly contrary to the word ⟨p. 97⟩of God; and therefore to be detested of all Gods children.
Q. What Images are most of all condemned?
A. Images of God: for it is a great sin to conceit or imagine in our hearts, that he is like any thing, how excellent soever we do think it; but it is much worse so to set him out to the view of others, considering that the mind can conceive a further beauty, then the hand of the Artificer can express. And therefore the children of Israel did sin grievously, and were