A   Agayne, another m&abar; purposing to sayle, and begynninge to take his iourney thorow the ragynge see, calleth for helpe vnto a stock, that is farre weaker then the tree that beareth h&ibar;. For as for it, coueteousnesse of moneye hath fo&ubar;de it out, ∧ the craftesm&abar; made it with his connyng.

But thy prouidence, O father gouerneth all thynges fr&obar; the begynninge: ^note For thou hast made awaye in the see, and a sure path in the myddest of þe; waues: declarynge therby, that thou hast power to helpe &ibar; all thinges, yee though a man wente to the see with B    out shyp, Neuerthelesse, that the worckes of thy wysdome shulde not be vayne, ^note thou hast caused an arke to be made: and therfore do men committe theyr lyues to a small pece of wodd, passyng ouer the see in a shyp, and are saued.

^noteFor in the olde tyme also wh&ebar; the proude gyauntes perished, he (in wh&obar; the hope was left to increase the worlde) wente into the shyppe, which was gouerned thorow thy hand, and so lefte sede behinde him vnto the world. For happye is þe; tree, where thorow ryghteousnes c&obar;meth: but cursed is þe; ydoll that is made with h&abar;des, ^note ye both it and he that made it. He, because he made it: and it, because it was called God where as it is but a frayle thyng. ^noteFor the vngodly and hys vngodlynes are both lyke abhominable vnto God, Euen so þe; worcke and he that made it also, shalbe punyshed together. Therfore shall there a plage come vpon þe; ydoles of the Heathen: for out of the creature of God they are become an abhomynacyon, a temptacion vnto the soules of men, and a snare for the fete of the vnwyse. And why, þe; sekynge out of ydoles is the begynnynge of whordome, and the bryngynge vp of th&ebar; is the destruccyon of lyfe. For they were not from þe; begynnynge, nether shall they contynue for euer. The welthy ydelnes of men hath founde them out vpon earth, therfore shall they come shortly to an ende. C   When a father mourned for his sonne þt; was taken awaye fr&obar; hym, he made hym an ymage (in all þe; haste) of hys deed sonne: ∧ so beg&abar;ne to worshypp h&ibar; as God, which was but a deed man, ∧ ordened his serua&ubar;tes to offre vnto h&ibar;. Th&us; by processe of tyme ∧ thorow an vngracious custome, this erroure was kepte:

as lawe, and tyrauntes compelled men by violence to honour ymages. As for those þt; were so farre of that men myght not worshypp them presently, theyr pycture was brought fr&obar; farre (lyke the ymage of a king whom they wolde honoure) to the intent þt; with greate diligence they might worshipp him which was farre of, as though he had bene present. Agayne, the singular conn&ibar;ge of the craftesman gaue the ignoraunt also a great occasion to worshyp images. For þe; workman willyng to do hym a pleasure þt; set him a worke, laboured with all his conninge to make þe; ymage of the best fashion. D   And so (thorow the beuty of the worke) the comen people was disceaued, in so moch þt; they toke him now for a God, which a lytle afore was but honored as a man. And thys was the erroure of mans lyfe, when men (etherfor to serue theyr awne affecci&obar;, or to do some pleasure vnto kynges) ascribed vnto stones and stockes þe; name of God, which ought to be geuen vnto no man.

Moreouer, this was not ynough for th&ebar; that they erred in the knowledge of God: but where as they lyued in the greate warres of ignoraunce, those many ∧ greate plages called they peace. For ether ^note they slue theyr awne children, ∧ offred them, or dyd sacryfyce in þe; nyght season, or els helde vnreasonable watches: so that they kepte nether lyfe ner mariage cleane: but ether one slue another to death maliciously, or els greued hys neyghboure wyth aduoutrye. E   And thus were all th&ibar;ges mixte together, bloud, manslaughter, theft, dissimulacion, corrupcion, vnfaythfulnesse, sedicyon, periury, disquietynge of good men, vnthankfulnes, defilynge of soules, chaungynge of byrth, vnstedfastnesse of mariage, mysorder of aduoutrye and vnclennesse. And why? the honouringe of abhominable images is the cause, the begynnynge and ende of all euell. For they that worshype Idols, ether they are mad when they be mery, or prophecie lyes, or lyue vngodly, or els lyghtly forsweare them selues. For in so moch as their trust is in þe; Idols (which haue nether soule ner vnderstandynge) though they sweare falsely, yet they thyncke it shal not hurte them.

Therfore commeth a greate plage vpon them, and that worthely: for they haue an euell oppinion of God, geuynge hede vnto Idols, swearynge vniustly to disceaue, and despysing ryghteousnes. For theyr swearinge is no vertue, but a plage of them that synne, and goeth euer with the offence of the vngodly.

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