Book 1, Chapter 11, Sections 5-8: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God…
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- Objection,—That images are the books of the unlearned. Objection answered, 1. Scripture declares images to be teachers of vanity and lies.
- Answer continued, 2. Ancient Theologians condemn the formation and worship of idols.
- Answer continued,—3. The use of images condemned by the luxury and meretricious ornaments given to them in Popish Churches.
- The Church must be trained in true piety by another method.
- The second division of the chapter. Origin of idols or images. Its rise shortly after the flood. Its continual progress.
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