ect._ 10. Thirdly, Kneeling in the act of receiving the sacrament before
the vicarious signs which stand in Christ's stead, and are purposely set
before us in the act of adoration, that before them we may adore, wanteth
nothing to make up idolatrous co-adoration or relative worship. Our
opposites here tell us of two things necessary to the making up of
idolatry, neither of which is found in their kneeling. First, they say,
except there be an intention in the worshipper to adore the creature which
is before his eyes, his kneeling before it is no idolatry. "What shall I
say? saith Paybody.(691) What need I say in this place, but to profess,
and likewise avouch, that we intend only to worship the Lord our God, when
we kneel in the act of receiving? We worship not the bread and wine; we
intend not our adoring and kneeling unto them. Give us leave to avouch our
sincerity in this matter, and it will take away the respect of idolatry in
God's worship." _Ans._ I showed before, that Paybody defendeth Dr
Mortoune's adoration, which he calleth relative from the sign to Chris;
yet let it be so, as here he pretendeth, that no adoration is intended to
the sign; will this save their kneeling from idolatry? Nay, then, the
three children should not have been idolaters, if they had kneeled before
Nebuchadnezzar's image, intending their worship to God only, and not to
the image. Our opposites here take the Nicodemites by the hand. But what
saith Calvin?(692) _Si isti boni sapientesque sophistae ibi tum fuissent,
simplicitatem illorum trium servorum Dei irrisissent. Nam hujusmodi credo
eos verbis objurgassent: miseri homines, istud quidem_(_693_)_ non est
adorare, quum vos in rebus nullam fidem adhibetis: nulla est idololatria
nisi ubi est __ devotio, hoc est quaedam animi ad idola colenda
venerandaque adjunctio atque applicatio_, &c. If Paybody had been in
Calvin's place, he could not have called the Nicodemites idolaters,
forasmuch as they have no intention to worship the popish images when they
kneel and worship before them. Nay, the grossest idolaters that ever were,
shall by this doctrine be no idolaters, and Paul shall be censured for
teaching that the Gentiles did worship devils, 1 Cor. x. 10, since they
did not intend to worship devils. _Idolatrae nec olim in paganismo
intendebant, nec hodie in papatu intendant, daemonibus offere quid tum?
Apostolus contrarium pronuntiat, quicquid illi intendant_, saith
Pareus.(694)

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