Hexapla in Danielem: that is, A six-fold commentarie vpon the most diuine prophesie of Daniel wherein according to the method propounded in Hexapla vpon Genesis and Exodus, sixe things are obserued in euery chapter. 1. The argument and method. 2. The diuers readings. 3. The questions discussed. 4. Doctrines noted. 5. Controversies handled. 6. Morall observations applyed. Wherein many obscure visions, and diuine prophesies are opened, and difficult questions handled with great breuitie, perspicuitie, and varietie ... and the best interpreters both old and new are therein abridged. Diuided into two bookes ... By Andrevv Willet Professour of Diuinitie. The first booke.

2. Controv. Whether images in Churches may be retained, though they be not worshipped.

Like as they onely doe not worship God, which doe pray vnto him, and fall downe be∣fore him, but they also which doe fight for him: So they are not onely worshippers of ima∣ges, which doe bowe vnto them, but they also which doe maintaine them, and striue still to haue them retained: In this place they are not said to worship the gods of siluer and gold, but to praise them. So they are praisers of images, which thinke they may be retained as orna∣ments in their Churches: for the verie making of such images for any religious vse, is accur∣sed before God, and abominable, and therefore defileth Gods house, it can be no ornament vnto it. As Deut. 27. 15. Cursed is the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abhomination to the Lord, &c. God did not onely forbid the Israelites to make them a∣ny such images, but he commanded them to breake downe and deface the images of the Ca∣nanites, Deut. 7. 5. they might with as good pretense haue kept them for ornaments, as the Lutherans doe popish images in their Churches: But as Augustine saith, Deus istarum om∣nium superstitionum euersionem, iussit, permissit, exhibuit, God hath commanded, permitted, exhibited vnto Christians the subuersion and ouerthrowe of all such superstitions.