The suruey of popery vvherein the reader may cleerely behold, not onely the originall and daily incrementes of papistrie, with an euident confutation of the same; but also a succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church from Adam vntill Christs ascension, contained in the first and second part thereof: and throughout the third part poperie is turned vp-side downe.

The answere.

I answer to al these in general, that for the greater part they speake of ciuil worship, which I grant may be done to angels, prophets, magistrats & holy men. To y^e seueral obiectiōs, thus in particular. I say first, that y^e Iews gaue such ciuil reuerence [ 1] as was due to a godly pastour or Bishop,* 1.1 but yeelded no reli∣gious worship vnto him. I say secondly, that your popish vul∣gar latin translation, is false & idolatricall, albeit your late dis∣holy [ 2] synode of Trent anathematized al that wil not reuerence the same. For you reade thus; Iacob adored the top of his rod;* 1.2 which if Iacob had done indeed, as your guilefull edition saith, he shuld haue cōmitted flat idolatry, because as I haue proued out of your owne Pope Gregory,* 1.3 it is not lawfull to worship

images, much lesse a naked piece of wood religiously. But the text indeed is thus, as your own deare doctor Arias Montanus granteth; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. He adored on the top of his rod or staffe: which is nothing else, but staying himselfe vpon his staffe adored God. So doth Saint Augustine ex∣pounde it,* 1.4 whose expresse words are these; Nam facile intelli∣geretur senem, qui virgam fereba•• eo more quo illa aetas ba∣culum solet, vt se inclinauit ad Deum adorandum, id vtique fecerit super cacumen virgae suae, quam sic ferebat, vt super eam caput inclinando adoraret Deum. For we might easi••y vnder∣stand that the olde man,* 1.5 who carried a rodde in such manner as that age vsed to beare a staffe, as he bowed himselfe to wor∣ship God, he did it on the end of his staffe, which he carrie•• so, as he might adore God by bowing his head vpon it. In which words S. Austen sheweth plainely, that Iacob when he wor∣shipped god, leaned on his staffe by reason of his age & weake∣nesse. Behold here gentle reader, how our late papists do wrest the holy scriptures, to build thereupon their superstitious and idololatricall adoration of stocks & stones. I say thirdly, that it [ 3] was Christ himselfe that appeared to Iosue in the likenes of a man, & therfore he both rightly required worship, and Iosue of duetie adored him religiously. This is euident in the verie be∣ginning of the next chap. with the last end of the former.* 1.6 I say fourthly, that albeit the worship which Nabuchadonosor yeel∣ded [ 4] seemed to deserue cōmendation, yet was it indeed very re∣prehensible,* 1.7 because he ioyned Gods honor with the Prophets. And if Daniel did not admonish him of his fault, (as it is verie probable hee did) he sinned grieuously. That which Abraham, Achior, the Sunamite, & the rest did, was meere ciuil adoratiō.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Apoc. 3. vers. ••▪
• * 1.2

  Heb. 11. vers. 2
• * 1.3

  Gregor epist. lib. 9. cap. 9.
• * 1.4

  ••••gust. q. 162. ••p. genes. tom. 4.
• * 1.5

  ••opish paltrie ••doration is fond 〈◊〉〈◊〉 imagined.
• * 1.6

  ••ofue. 5. vers. 14. ••ap. 6. vers. 2.
• * 1.7

  ••an. 2.46.