The B. of Salisbury.The B. of Sarisburie.

The B. of Salisbury.

The B. of Sarisburie.

Eusebius him self showeth, that the Phoenicians being Heathens, and hearing, and seeing the strange Miracles, that had been wrought by Christ, and by his Apostles, made these Images in the honour of them, only of their Heathenish,¹ and vain Superstition. His words be these, Nec mirum est, Veteres Ethnicos beneficio affectos à Seruatore nostro, ista fecisse. Nam & Apostolorum Pauli, ²& Petri, & ipsius Christi Imagines coloribus ductas, & seruatas vidimus. Et credibile est, priscos illos homines, non dum relicta avita Superstitione, ad hunc modum consuevisse collar illos Ethnica consue••dine, ranquam Seruatores. It is no marvel, that the Heathens, receiving such benefits of our Saviour, did these things. For we have seen the Images of Pau•e, of Peter, and of Christ, drawn in colours, and preserved. And it may well be thought, that men in old times, being not yet removed from the Superstition of their Fathers, used after this sort to worship them by an Heathenish custom, as their Saviours. By these words of Eusebius it is plain, that the use of Images came, not from Christ, or from the Apostles, as M. Harding saith, but from the Superstitious custom of the Heathens. Neither doth it appear, that those Images were set up in any Church.³ As for the Image of Christ, it is plain, ⟨p. 504⟩it stood in the street abroad, and an Herb of strange operation grew underneath it.

Eusebius him selfe sheweth, that the Phen•cians beinge Heathens, and hearinge, and seeinge the straunge Miracles, that had béene wrought by Christe, and by his Apostles, made these Images in the honoure of them, onely of their Heathenishe,