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The Fiftieth accused Point.
That no man hath seen God in any Form, and that therefore his Picture or Image can∣not be made.
Ans. 1. But what if it were Lawful to Paint God? Is it Necessary? Why may you not be contented to have a painted God your selves? Must all be burnt and damned as Hereticks that are not of your mind? Will you be jealous against those that bow not to a painted God, as God is jealous against those that do it? God saith Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: Where saith he, Thou shalt bow down to them, and worship them? Or bow to∣wards them, and say, It is not to them?
2. God saith, Thou shalt not make to thy self the likeness of any thing in Hea∣ven or Earth, to bow down to them and worship them. Bowing down purposely towards them, and before them, is inter∣pretatively bowing down to them, wor∣shipping them. And God would not be so worshipped: Isa. 40.16, 25. To whom will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto him? To whom will ye liken me, or shall I be equal, saith the Holy one?