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Sect. VIII.
THe Church of Rome hath to very bad purposes introduc'd and im∣pos'd upon Christendom the worship and veneration of Images, kissing them, pulling off their hats, kneeling, falling down and praying before them, which they call, giving them due honor and ve∣neration. What external honor and veneration that is, which they call due, is express'd by the instances now rec∣kon'd, which the Council of Trent in their Decree enumerate and establish. What the inward honor and worship is, which they intend to them, is intima∣ted in the same Decree. By the Ima∣ges they worship Christ and his Saints; and therefore by these Images they pass that honor to Christ and his Saints which is their due: that is, as their Do∣ctors explain it, Latria or Divine wor∣ship to God and Christ. Hyperdulia or more than service to the Blessed Virgin Mary; and service or doulia to other canoniz'd persons. So that upon the