as things peculiarly appertaining to God; and to Kings, Magistrates, and Superiors : to whom honour is due, honour may be given, without any derogation from the majesty of God, or that divine worship which is appropriate to him.
RELICS OF SAINTS.
SCRIPTURE.
We read in the fourth Book of Kings, (ii. 14.)“ that when Eliseus smote the waters of Jordan with the mantle of Elias, they parted, and the prophet passed over.”—Again, (xiii. 21.) “When a dead man was let down into the sepulchre of Eliseus, no sooner did he touch the bones of the prophet, than he revived, and stood up on his feet.”—Matt. ix. 20, 21, 22. “ And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. For she said within herself: if I can but touch his garment, I shall be healed. But Jesus turning about, and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.”-Acts v. 14, 15, 16. “And the multitude of men and women that believed in the Lord was more increased: insomuch, that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that when Peter came, his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them, and they might be delivered from their infirmities : who were all healed."-Ibid. xix. 11, 12. “And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles : so that even there were brought from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the wicked spirits went out of them.
