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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 2, 2 A (shelfmark LH 1, 2, 2a)
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tio pietatis ac divini honoris praesertim cum supra
monuerimus, omnium artium et scientiacum adeoque
et pictoriae osum in colendo DE0 potissimum elucere de
bere.
Haec consideranti dubium nullum est, quinrem perse
innoxiam, imo perutilem, si caste tractetur divina tamen
lex et sancti viri ideo tantum certis temporibus locisquo
prohibere maluerint, quod granes abusus parere posset;
contra quos tunc cautio erat difficilis. Videndum ergo
in quo consistant potissimum abusus illiPrimum igitus
cum nulla adhuc scripta lex a DE0 promulgata esset, ve-
rusque DEI cultus sola Seniorum traditione propaga-
retur, homines multi, onius omorium rerum crcatoris
infiniti atque incisibilis obliti, ad rec imaginationi sub-
iectas, solem, lunam, stellas, coelum, elementa, colen-
da delapsi sunt. paulatim ambitione tyrannorum
vel etiam veneratione hominum bene meritorum
factum est, ut mertales Dii consecrarentur. Et quan-
quam aliqui Deum quendam caeteris superiorem
colerent, tamen non infinito ab aliis intervallo
remotum, sed tantum ut hominem inter homines ex
cellentiorem cogitabant. Elurimum autem imagines
et staturae peruersum hunc cultum auxerunt. Ha enim
praccae atque paulatim inolita inclinationis perpetua
irritamenta ante oculos habebant, et mortuon
sibi tanquam viuos exhibentes, falsissimam divinitatia
imagi-