Fourthely, if very =Samuel= himselfe had appeared, hée would not haue bene worshipped of =Saule=. For we reade in the 19. and 22. chapter of the Reuelation, that =Iohn= would haue worshipped the angell, whiche had opened vnto him great misteries, but the Angell of God forbad him so to do. Some héere aunswere, that =Saule= ment not to giue vnto the Prophet, the honor that was due vnto God, but onely a certeine outward and euill worship, such as we are wont to yéelde vnto honest men, and suche as haue well deserued of the Churche and common weale. For they say, that the Hebrue word =Schachah= there vsed, doth signifie to bend the knée, and to fall downe at a mans feete: which kinde of worship we reade, that =Abigael= and =Nathan= the Prophet gaue vnto King =Dauid=. And =Paule= also in the 12. Chapter of his Epistle to the Romanes teacheth, that we should honour one another. =Thomas= of =Aquine= intreating of those two places that I euen nowe recited out of the Reuelation, saieth, that =Iohn= ment not to worship the Angell, with the worship properly called =Latria=, but with an other kind of worship termed =Dulia=, that is to say, that =Iohns= will was not to withdrawe from God, the honor due vnto him, but to worship the Angell that was sent from God, only with a ciuill and outward homage: and yet the Angell would not so far condiscend vnto him. In the new Testament the 10. chap. of the Acts of the Apostles, we read that =Cornelius= met with =Peter=, fell downe at his féet and worshipped him, yet, so as he had bene an embassadour from God and not God himselfe, and yet =Peter= lifted him vp & said, Arise for I my selfe am a man also. He said not to =Cornelius= thou doest well herein: nor as his worthie Vicare (with a mischiefe) is wont to do, proffered his foote vnto him to kisse. We may read also that =Elias= disciples worshipped =Elizeus= that succéeded into his office, to which place the word to bowe the knée, or fall downe, is vsed. But whether the Prophet did except and allowe this kind of reuerence or no, there is no expresse mention. Bréefly, it is not likely that the Prophet would haue suffered the King to fall downe at his féete. [Sidenote: Testimonies out of the Fathers touching Samuels appearing.] [Sidenote: Samuels appearing.] Fiftly, if he had bin the true =Samuel=, he would no doubt haue exhorted =Saule= to repentance, and willed him to wait for aide from God, to put his whole confidence in him, or at least way, to haue giuen him some comforte, or counselled him to fight againste his enimies with more courage. For though the Prophets do often chide and threaten men, yet do they againe reuiue and solace them. Now because this =Samuel= doth beate no other thing into his heade, but that God was displeased with him, and had alredy forsaken him, we may not beléeue that he was the true, but a meere counterfeit =Samuel=. Sixtly, the auncient Fathers write, that the true =Samuel= was not séene. [Sidenote: Tertullian.]