The principles of Christian Religion necessary to be knowen of all the faythful: set forth to the great profite in trayning vp of all youth, by Tho. Becon.

¶The second Commaundement.

THou shalt not make to thy selfe any gra∣uen image, nor the likenes of any thyng that is in heauen aboue, nor in the earth be∣neath, nor in the waters vnder the earth. Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, nor worship them: For I the Lorde thy God, am a ielouse God, and visite the sinnes of the fa∣thers vppon the children, vnto the thyrd and fourth generation of thē that hate me: and shew mercy vnto thousandes to them that loue me, and kepe my Commaundementes.

☜The confirmations.

Ye shall not turne vnto Idolls, nor make you Gods of metall.

Take heede vnto your selues, that ye forget not the appointment of the Lorde your God, which hee made with you, and that ye make you no grauen image, nor any pic∣ture that the Lorde thy God hath forbidden thee. For the Lorde thy God is a consuming fire, & a ielouse God. If ye do wickedly, and make

any maner of grauen image, and worke euill in the sight of the Lord thy God, to prouoke hym to anger, I call heauen and earth to recorde agaynst you thys day, that ye shall shortly perishe.

Ye shall ouerthrow the altars of the Idols, & breake downe their pillers, cut down their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire. For thou art an holy nacion vnto the Lord thy God.

Cursed be the man that maketh any carued or molten image (an a∣bomination vnto the Lorde, the worke of the handes of the craftes∣man) & putteth it in a secrete place: and all the people shall aunswere, and say, Amen.

Confounded be all they y^• wor∣ship carued images, and that delite in vaine Gods.

I am the Lorde, and this is my name. My glory will I geue to

none other, neither mine honour to grauen Images.

¶Read the 44. and 46. chapters of Esay.

Be conuerted and forsake your Idoles.

The seeking out of Idoles is the beginning of whoredome, and the bringing vp of them, is the destruc∣tion of lyfe. For they were not frō the beginning, neither shall they continue vnto the end. The weal∣thy idlenes of men hath found thē out vppon the earth, therefore shall they come shortly to an end. The honouring of abominable images, is the cause, the beginning, and the end of all euill.

¶Read the 13. 14. 15. and 16. chapters of Wisedome. Read also the 6. chapter of the Prophet Baruck.

We preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities vnto the liuing God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and

all thinges that are therein.

My sentence is, y^t we trouble not thē, which frō among the Gentiles are turned to God, but y^t we write vnto them, that they abstaine thē selues frō the filthines of Images.

They are not Gods, which are made with handes.

Be not worshippers of Images.

No worshippers of images shall inherite the kingdome of God.

Babes, keepe your selues from Images.

Notes

• Exod. xx.
• Leuit. xix
• Deut. iiij.
• Deut. vij.
• Deut. 27.
• Psa. xcvij
• Esa. xlij.
• Ezecb. 14.
• Sap. xiiij.
• Acte. xiiij.
• Acte. xv.
• Acte. xix.
• j. Cor. x.
• j. Cor. vj.
• j. Io••. v.