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The foure and twenty Elders fell downe before him that sate on the Throne, and worshipped him who liueth for euermore, and cast their Crownes before the Throne, saying.
THeir behauiour in praysing God, is noted to* 1.1 be three-fold: first, they fall downe and hum∣ble themselues before God, teaching vs by their example to do the like: It is no dishonour for the most honourable men of the world to kneele; yea, to prostrate themselues before the Lord. Come, let* 1.2 vs worship, and fall downe, and kneele before the Lord our Maker.
Next, they worship him that liueth for euer∣more:* 1.3 the true Church worships no creature, neither Angell, nor man, in themselues, nor in their Image; neither the worship of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, nor yet 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: sith the Galathians are conuinced by Saint Paul, for giuing the worship of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to such as by nature, are no Gods; how can Papists bee excused? Sith all their defence for the wor∣ship of creatures is this, that they worship them not with the seruice of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which, say they, is due to God, but onely of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which may bee giuen to creatures. How weake a distincti∣on this is, appeares by that I haue said; Pa∣pists affirme, that they may doe lawfully that, which Saint Paul rebuked as vnlawfull in the Ga∣lathians.