-Rhodian leap.
And it is opposite both to the simplicity of Evangelical meaning, and anomalous from the interpretation of all analogous phrases which all men expound as figures, —
I am the gate, I am the way, I am the vine
, and the like, — and to Christ's own declarations that his words were to be understood spiritually, that is, figuratively.
Ib.
s. vi. p. 164.
However, if you will not commit downright idolatry, as some of their saints teach you, then you must be careful to observe these plain distinctions; and first be sure to remember that when you worship an image, you do it not materially but formally; not as it is of such a substance, but as it is a sign; next take care that you observe what sort of image it is, and then proportion your right kind to it, that you do not give latria to that where hyperdulia is only due; and be careful that if dulia only be due, that your worship be not hyperdulical, &c.
A masterly specimen of grave dignified irony. Indeed, Jeremy Taylor's
Works
would be of more service to an English barrister than those of Demosthenes, Æschines, and Cicero taken together.