Tricoenivm Christi in nocte proditionis suæ The threefold svpper of Christ in the night that he vvas betrayed / explained by Edvvard Kellett.

PAR. 10.

THeir fashion to Adore their Images, or false Gods, either Eminus or Comi∣nus, either Aloofe off, or Close by; but especially Aloofe off, as they fol∣lowed other businesses; their casuall saluting Adoration was manifold, and of divers formes: See our accomplished Mr. Selden (who is impensè Doctus) in his Titles of Honor, and in his Syntagmata de Diis Syris, toward the beginning. They did Kisse their Images; (that must be when they are close by them.) Their Kissing he proveth from Cicero, Act. 5. in Verrem: from Lucretius libro 1. And ere they Kissed, they looked up to Heaven with Hands spread abroad (say I,) and after they Bended down, and sometimes Kneeled. Many Knees bow to Baal, Many mouths kissed him, 1 King. 19.18. So Hosea 13.2. They kissed the Calves, or mol∣ten Images. The good man did wiser, when he kist his Cow.

Concerning the Heathens Adoration at Distance, it was diverse: if they Ado∣red the Celestiall bodies.

• First, they looked up toward the Heavens, For they beheld the Sun, when it shi∣ned: and the Moon walking in brightnesse, Job 31.26.
• Secondly, their Heart was secretly enticed to give the honor due to the Creator, to those his Creatures.
• Thirdly, their mouths did Kisse their hands, vers. 27. which was not without some Bendings of their bodies.
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• Fourthly, they Prayed unto them, either audibly, or by a more secret murmur. Remember the place of Tertullian (concerning which by and by) Ad Solis initi∣tium Labra vibratis. Ye wag your Lips at the rising of the Sun.

—Bona pars procerum tacitâ libabit acerrâ. Haud cuivis promptum est, murmur{que}, humiles{que}susurros Tollere de templis: Et aperto vivere voto. Mens bona, Fama, Fides, haec clarè, & ut audiat hospes; Illa sibi introrsum, & sub linguâ immurmurat; ô si Ebullet patrui praclarum Funus: & ô si, &c.

Persius Satyrâ secundâ.

The greater part of Noblemen their Tacit censers bring Unto the Gods, when they from them some shameful boon would wring. 'Tis not, ô 'tis not for each one to banish far away Their Secret muttrings from the Church; and make them lowd to pray. If they, for a sound mind do pray, for Fame, or Credit: then The'll pray alowd; and make their vows ring in the eares of men. If for rich Nuncles death they wish, that once 'twould bubble out, They'll pray so soft, that none shall heare, that stands them round about.

The like they did, when they prayed to the Sun.

Secondly, concerning their Worship or Adoration of Images on Earth at Di∣stance, it is thus, for the most part, branched by the glory of our Nation for all humane literature.

• 1. They stood somewhat off before their Images.
• 2. They solemnly moved their Right Hands to their Lips.
• 3. They Kissed the Forefinger joyned with the Thumb.
• 4. They turned about their Bodies on the same hand, as Mr. Selden alledgeth from diverse Authors.
• 5. Let me adde. They then lifted up both their Eyes, and Hands spread abroad to Heaven. When they swore by Jove Capitoline, they looked not so much to Jove in the Capitol, as to the Heavens. Yea their backs were sometimes towards the Capitol.
• 6. They did draw nearer, and did Kisse oftimes the Images themselves, as I said before.

That this was a Kisse not like the Humane Ambulatory Salutation, only done for Complement; but of deep, and reall Adoration of false Gods, as is evidenced; Because I should have denyed the God that is above, saith Job vers. 28. For Wor∣shipping of Idols on Earth by Kissing them, is a deniall of God in Heaven. Which mutuall Kissing of one another is not, nor can be.

Nor did they Kisse the Lips only of their Idols, and their Mouths; but both the Fore-parts, and the Hinder parts, and their Shoulders, the Cheeks, the backe of the Hand, even the very Feet. See Ritterbusius ad Salvianum, pag. 379. Per∣haps they might kisse some other Hinder parts in humiliation. And I do verily think they left not the Knees unkissed.