Of idolatry
         Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
      
       
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             Of idolatry
             Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
          
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             1646.
          
           
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           Idols and images -- Worship -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           OF
           IDOLATRY
           .
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
        
         
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           HENRY
           HALL
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           
             Universitie
             .
          
           1646.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           OF
           IDOLATRY
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             1
          
           AS
           the
           Judgements
           of
           other
           men
           have
           perswaded
           me
           to
           think
           it
           pertinent
           and
           seasonable
           to
           adde
           this
           one
           unto
           foure
           former
           disquisitions
           ,
           with
           which
           it
           holds
           some
           analogie
           and
           cognation
           ;
           So
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           enquiry
           hath
           prompted
           and
           directed
           me
           to
           take
           rise
           (
           as
           those
           former
           have
           done
           )
           from
           the
           examination
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           observing
           the
           
             origination
          
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           
             Criticall
          
           peculiar
           importance
           of
           it
           among
           
             ancient
          
           writers
           ,
           those
           especially
           of
           the
           
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             2
          
           To
           that
           end
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           of
           which
           it
           is
           compounded
           ,
           must
           first
           be
           viewed
           .
           And
           of
           that
           there
           is
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           the
           literall
           notation
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           signifies
           an
           
             Image
          
           or
           
             representation
          
           of
           any
           kind
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           is
           set
           to
           expresse
           both
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             an
             image
             ,
          
           or
           
             similitude
             ,
          
           any
           kind
           of
           figure
           in
           
             generall
             ;
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             a
             carved
          
           or
           
             graven
             image
          
           in
           
             specie
             ,
          
           a
           statue
           of
           wood
           or
           stone
           ,
           any
           kind
           of
           
             Sculpture
             ;
          
           Though
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           not
           the
           most
           ordinary
           rendring
           of
           either
           of
           these
           ,
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             imago
          
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           but
           twice
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             sculptile
          
           of
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           but
           thrice
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             3
          
           Three
           words
           there
           are
           to
           which
           it
           is
           most
           ordinarily
           applied
           ,
           1.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           a
           
             nothing
          
           that
           hath
           no
           being
           ,
           (
           to
           which
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           referres
           when
           he
           saith
           
             an
             Idol
             is
             nothing
             )
          
           or
           if
           you
           please
           a
           no
           God
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           that
           hath
           no
           
             Divinity
             ,
          
           
           no
           power
           to
           help
           the
           Client
           or
           Worshiper
           ;
           parallel
           to
           that
           passage
           ,
           
             Deut.
             32.
             they
             have
             provoked
             me
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           with
           that
           which
           is
           no
           God
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             4
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Gods
             ,
          
           the
           many
           false
           
             Gods
          
           of
           the
           heathens
           ,
           by
           the
           Greek
           seven
           times
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Idols
             ,
          
           unlesse
           perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           conjectured
           ,
           that
           they
           which
           so
           rendred
           it
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           mistook
           ,
           or
           misread
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Gods
          
           (
           which
           in
           other
           places
           they
           constantly
           render
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           at
           least
           two
           hundred
           times
           )
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             nothings
             ,
          
           vanities
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           near
           in
           writing
           and
           sound
           unto
           it
           ,
           and
           such
           mistakes
           are
           no
           great
           news
           in
           those
           translatours
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             5
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Pollution
             ,
             filth
          
           by
           which
           any
           man
           is
           contaminated
           ;
           This
           is
           rendred
           sometimes
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             abomination
             ,
          
           but
           more
           frequently
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             (
             Idol
             )
          
           then
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           which
           certainly
           referres
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           
             pollution
          
           of
           the
           Soul
           by
           the
           commission
           of
           that
           sinne
           (
           for
           by
           every
           other
           sinne
           some
           such
           pollution
           is
           contracted
           )
           nor
           onely
           to
           that
           other
           notion
           of
           spirituall
           fornication
           ,
           but
           principally
           to
           the
           abominable
           sinnes
           of
           
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           and
           
             filthinesse
             ,
          
           which
           those
           
             Idol
             worships
          
           were
           ordinarily
           guilty
           of
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           received
           a
           great
           aggravation
           and
           heightning
           of
           their
           guilt
           ,
           and
           
           punishment
           .
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             abomination
             ,
          
           or
           filthinesse
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           most
           commonly
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           is
           sometimes
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Idol
          
           also
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             6
          
           Other
           words
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           sometimes
           (
           but
           more
           rarely
           )
           are
           thus
           rendred
           also
           ,
           as
           1
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           from
           whence
           the
           Greek
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           
             high
             places
             ,
          
           the
           Altars
           or
           Temples
           of
           their
           false
           Gods
           peculiarly
           ,
           (
           as
           may
           appear
           1
           
             Macc.
          
           1.
           62.
           where
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           Heathen
           Altar
           was
           by
           
             Antiochus
          
           set
           upon
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           Altar
           of
           the
           Jews
           )
           and
           these
           would
           be
           more
           properly
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Idol
             Temples
             ,
          
           or
           altars
           ,
           then
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Idols
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           perhaps
           in
           that
           one
           place
           
             Ezek.
          
           16.
           16.
           where
           it
           is
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           a
           false
           print
           ,
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           our
           English
           most
           properly
           renders
           it
           
             high
             places
             ,
          
           and
           those
           are
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           not
           onely
           by
           the
           authour
           of
           that
           book
           1
           
             Macc.
          
           1.
           50.
           but
           by
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           himself
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           8.
           1.
           speaking
           of
           him
           that
           eateth
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             in
             a
             Temple
          
           or
           other
           place
           
             where
             those
             false
             Deities
             were
             worshiped
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             7
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             vanitie
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Gentile-Idol
           worshipers
           under
           the
           title
           of
           [
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           all
           men
           ,
           the
           generalitie
           of
           mankind
           (
           or
           all
           the
           world
           but
           the
           Jews
           )
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Wisd.
             13.
             1.
             vain
          
           or
           Idolatrous
           by
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           either
           by
           
             birth
          
           born
           in
           that
           Idolatrous
           age
           among
           those
           Heathens
           ;
           or
           else
           by
           
             long
             ,
             popular
             ,
             nationall
             ,
             oecumenicall
             custome
             ,
          
           which
           is
           ,
           saith
           
             Galen
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             an
             acquired
             nature
             ;
          
           Thus
           hath
           
             Suidas
          
           interpreted
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             nature
             ,
          
           that
           it
           is
           sometimes
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             a
             chronicall
             evil
             custome
             ,
          
           and
           instances
           in
           that
           place
           where
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           tells
           the
           
             Ephesians
          
           chap.
           2.
           3.
           that
           they
           had
           been
           by
           
             nature
             the
             children
             of
             wrath
             ,
          
           (
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             children
             of
             wrath
             ,
          
           signifies
           peculiarly
           Gentiles
           ,
           so
           )
           the
           
             prime
          
           if
           not
           
             onely
          
           intent
           of
           that
           adjunct
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           (
           as
           many
           circumstances
           in
           the
           context
           will
           convince
           )
           that
           they
           were
           such
           Idolatrous
           Gentiles
           ,
           either
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             by
             birth
             ,
          
           (
           born
           such
           Gentile
           worshipers
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             as
             the
             rest
             also
             of
          
           the
           Heathen
           world
           was
           )
           or
           else
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             by
             custome
             ,
          
           by
           long
           popular
           habit
           of
           education
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           will
           unite
           both
           those
           senses
           ,
           and
           more
           fully
           expresse
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           from
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           by
           a
           
             long
             habit
          
           deduced
           from
           their
           very
           first
           
             being
          
           or
           
             birth
             ,
          
           and
           so
           continuing
           till
           the
           time
           of
           their
           conversion
           ;
           
             customary
             Idolaters
             ,
             walking
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             according
             to
             the
             age
             or
             vicious
             custome
             of
             the
             Heathen
             World
             ,
          
           vers.
           2.
           and
           the
           practices
           of
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             infidels
          
           or
           
             unbelievers
             .
          
           And
           so
           will
           the
           word
           be
           best
           rendred
           ,
           when
           the
           same
           Apostle
           expostulates
           with
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           and
           demands
           whether
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           we
           render
           
             nature
             )
          
           did
           not
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           
             shame
             for
             a
             man
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           we
           render
           to
           
             wear
             long
             hair
             ,
          
           but
           I
           conceive
           ,
           would
           more
           properly
           (
           according
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Greek
           authours
           )
           be
           translated
           to
           
             let
             the
             hair
             grow
             at
             length
             .
          
           If
           either
           of
           the
           
           Interpretations
           be
           accepted
           ,
           then
           sure
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           must
           onely
           signifie
           the
           
             custome
          
           and
           
             fashion
          
           of
           the
           
             place
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           else
           birth
           ,
           as
           that
           containeth
           in
           it
           the
           distinction
           of
           sexes
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           mixt
           sense
           ,
           an
           universall
           continued
           custome
           from
           their
           birth
           till
           then
           ;
           and
           not
           
             nature
          
           in
           the
           ordinary
           acception
           ,
           or
           as
           it
           signifies
           the
           
             law
             of
             nature
          
           written
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
           For
           then
           not
           onely
           
             Absaloms
             hair
          
           must
           be
           against
           
             nature
             ,
          
           (
           which
           yet
           the
           Scripture
           charges
           not
           with
           that
           crime
           )
           but
           even
           the
           
             vow
          
           and
           practise
           of
           
             Samson
          
           and
           the
           
             Nazarites
             ,
          
           had
           been
           an
           
             unnaturall
          
           sinne
           .
           A
           later
           Critick
           would
           have
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           be
           taken
           for
           
             braiding
             of
             hair
             ,
          
           or
           making
           a
           
             dressing
          
           of
           it
           (
           which
           I
           confesse
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           argument
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           mention
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           
             covering
             ,
          
           would
           perswade
           )
           but
           then
           still
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           must
           signifie
           (
           though
           not
           onely
           a
           
             locall
             ,
          
           yet
           )
           an
           
             universall
             custome
             ,
          
           such
           as
           hath
           designed
           and
           fitted
           
             distinction
          
           of
           
             attires
          
           to
           
             distinction
          
           of
           
             sexes
             ,
          
           which
           it
           would
           be
           hard
           to
           impute
           to
           the
           dictate
           of
           
             nature
          
           in
           every
           mans
           heart
           ,
           so
           that
           that
           should
           be
           thought
           to
           define
           what
           attire
           is
           naturall
           to
           a
           
             man
             ,
          
           what
           to
           a
           
             woman
             ,
          
           but
           is
           an
           act
           either
           of
           
             locall
             custome
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           this
           matter
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           appeals
           to
           ,
           vers.
           16.
           against
           all
           disputers
           )
           or
           else
           of
           
             universall
             custome
          
           of
           all
           nations
           ,
           which
           he
           seems
           to
           plead
           in
           this
           place
           .
           But
           I
           conceive
           it
           without
           example
           in
           Authours
           sacred
           ,
           or
           heathen
           ,
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           should
           signifie
           a
           
             dressing
             ,
          
           (
           whatsoever
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           other
           words
           of
           some
           affinity
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           do
           .
           )
           The
           notion
           which
           at
           first
           I
           gave
           you
           will
           satisfie
           all
           pretensions
           both
           of
           the
           Grammarian
           and
           the
           Textuary
           ,
           that
           it
           signifie
           
             to
             let
             the
             hair
             grow
             at
             length
             without
             cutting
             or
             poling
             it
             ,
          
           that
           will
           satisfie
           the
           Critick
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             comam
             promittere
             ,
          
           and
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           little
           reason
           assigned
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           in
           order
           to
           
             braiding
          
           it
           ,
           or
           making
           a
           covering
           of
           it
           ,
           on
           occasion
           of
           which
           it
           is
           that
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           here
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           
             honourable
          
           or
           
             decent
          
           thing
           
             for
             a
             woman
          
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           vers.
           15.
           (
           and
           the
           contrary
           for
           a
           man
           )
           and
           
             not
             to
             do
             so
             is
             all
             one
             for
             her
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             shorn
             or
             shaven
             ,
          
           verse
           5.
           and
           6.
           and
           so
           that
           satisfies
           the
           Textuary
           also
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           from
           this
           acception
           of
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             vanity
             ,
          
           for
           
             idols
             ,
          
           it
           is
           that
           
             Rom.
          
           1.
           21.
           
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           of
           the
           heathen
           ,
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             they
             became
             vain
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           fell
           to
           those
           impious
           
             idol-worships
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             8
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Lords
          
           or
           
             husbands
          
           (
           or
           as
           we
           retain
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           word
           in
           
             English
             ,
             Baalim
             )
             2
             Chron.
             17.
             3.
             Jer.
          
           9.
           15.
           is
           rendred
           in
           the
           
             Greek
          
           again
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             idols
             ,
          
           and
           so
           clearly
           signifies
           those
           other
           heathen
           
             deities
          
           taken
           into
           a
           rivalry
           with
           the
           
             God
          
           of
           heaven
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             9
          
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           we
           render
           it
           the
           
             Sun-images
          
           in
           the
           margin
           ,
           
             Es.
          
           17.
           8.
           but
           whosoever
           considers
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           
             Ezek.
          
           6.
           4.
           will
           acknowledge
           that
           it
           signifies
           (
           not
           the
           
             images
             ,
          
           but
           )
           the
           
             places
          
           of
           worship
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
          
           called
           by
           the
           Greeks
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             &
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             places
             where
             the
             sacred
             
             fires
          
           were
           made
           in
           honour
           to
           the
           
             Sunne
             ,
          
           and
           the
           word
           is
           therefore
           by
           the
           
             Targum
          
           rendred
           ,
           
             Isai.
          
           17.
           8.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             delubra
             ,
             temples
             ,
          
           (
           a
           description
           of
           which
           is
           given
           us
           by
           
             Benjamin
          
           in
           his
           
             Itinerary
             ,
          
           and
           by
           some
           of
           the
           
             Rabbins
             ,
          
           affirmed
           to
           have
           been
           first
           of
           a
           religious
           institution
           to
           God
           in
           thanksgiving
           for
           that
           glorious
           creature
           )
           these
           I
           say
           are
           once
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             idols
             ,
             Isai.
          
           27.
           9.
           but
           in
           other
           places
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             temples
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             10
          
           Fifthly
           ,
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           farre
           enough
           naturally
           from
           any
           such
           signification
           )
           is
           rendred
           
             Ezek.
          
           36.
           18.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             idols
             ,
          
           and
           our
           
             English
          
           from
           thence
           have
           continued
           that
           rendring
           
             [
             our
             idols
             ]
          
           where
           yet
           I
           conceive
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           should
           be
           translated
           
             [
             their
             actions
             or
             inventions
             ]
          
           (
           the
           word
           properly
           denoting
           any
           good
           or
           evil
           
             work
          
           or
           
             enterprize
             )
          
           and
           the
           Greek
           rendring
           may
           possibly
           have
           been
           a
           
             mistake
          
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           from
           which
           before
           we
           had
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           for
           
             idols
             )
          
           and
           then
           it
           will
           be
           the
           same
           in
           our
           
             English
          
           also
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             11
          
           Sixthly
           ,
           the
           word
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           that
           signifies
           any
           
             cause
             of
             grief
             ,
          
           of
           
             toyl
             ,
          
           of
           
             frightfull
             passion
             ,
          
           is
           often
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           noting
           again
           their
           heathen
           
             Gods
             ,
          
           which
           used
           their
           clients
           exceeding
           ill
           ,
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             daemons
             ,
          
           the
           
             fear
          
           and
           dread
           of
           whom
           produced
           the
           Greek
           word
           which
           we
           render
           
             Superstition
             ,
          
           And
           near
           of
           kin
           unto
           that
           ,
           is
           a
           seventh
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           once
           is
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           also
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           origination
           of
           the
           word
           is
           justly
           rendred
           
             [
             horrours
             ]
          
           in
           our
           Margin
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           15
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             12
          
           Once
           more
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Teraphim
             ,
          
           those
           which
           
             Rachel
          
           stole
           from
           
             Laban
             ,
          
           are
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             idols
             ,
          
           also
           ,
           and
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           some
           
             images
          
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Josephus
             ,
             images
             of
             his
             Gods
             )
          
           but
           as
           others
           guesse
           ,
           
             images
             set
             to
             a
             certain
             position
             of
             the
             Starres
             ,
          
           with
           the
           figures
           of
           the
           
             planets
          
           upon
           them
           according
           to
           the
           custome
           of
           the
           
             Syrians
          
           then
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           divine
           ;
           not
           any
           thing
           like
           the
           
             Cup
             ,
             whereby
             say
          
           the
           
             Egyptians
          
           of
           
             Joseph
             ,
             he
             divineth
             ,
          
           for
           that
           I
           conceive
           was
           but
           a
           
             drinking
             cup
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           used
           to
           drink
           in
           those
           
             sacrifices
          
           by
           which
           he
           prepared
           to
           receive
           
             presages
          
           from
           God
           ,
           (
           and
           therefore
           I
           should
           render
           those
           words
           
             Gen.
             44.
             5.
             
             [
             with
             which
             he
             receiveth
             presages
             ]
          
           but
           
             Astrologicall
             instruments
             ,
          
           with
           pictures
           of
           Starres
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           some
           conceive
           to
           have
           been
           so
           made
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           able
           to
           speak
           sometimes
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           will
           differ
           but
           little
           from
           the
           Sun-idols
           even
           now
           mentioned
           ,
           for
           those
           they
           say
           ,
           by
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           became
           
             vocall
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             13
          
           This
           so
           particular
           wearisome
           trouble
           have
           I
           given
           the
           Reader
           at
           the
           entrance
           ,
           to
           give
           him
           occasion
           of
           observing
           that
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           idol
           ,
           though
           it
           signifie
           an
           
             image
             ,
          
           or
           
             sculpture
             ,
          
           or
           
             representation
          
           sometimes
           ,
           yet
           it
           signifies
           somewhat
           else
           besides
           that
           ,
           particularly
           these
           two
           things
           ,
           1.
           the
           
             Heathen
             Gods
          
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           
             false
          
           (
           together
           with
           the
           
             Temples
          
           wherein
           they
           were
           worshiped
           )
           2.
           
           The
           same
           again
           ,
           and
           their
           worships
           under
           the
           
           notions
           of
           
             filthy
             ,
             unclean
             ,
          
           and
           
             abominable
             .
          
           Which
           two
           notions
           of
           the
           word
           (
           that
           we
           may
           proceed
           a
           step
           further
           )
           we
           shall
           now
           look
           on
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           in
           order
           to
           worship
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           open
           to
           us
           some
           entrance
           to
           a
           view
           of
           
             idolatry
             ,
          
           or
           the
           worship
           of
           
             idols
          
           what
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             14
          
           For
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           
             false
             Gods
             ,
          
           and
           
             images
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           a
           brief
           narration
           of
           it
           out
           of
           the
           soberest
           of
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           writers
           ,
           
             Maimonides
             l.
             1.
             de
             Idololatria
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             first
             rise
             of
             Idolatry
             is
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             to
             be
             referred
             to
             the
             dayes
             of
          
           Enosh
           ,
           
             when
             men
             (
             taking
             notice
             how
             God
             had
             created
             the
             Starres
             and
             Sphears
             for
             the
             government
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             by
             placing
             them
             in
             so
             eminent
             a
             state
             seemed
             to
             mak
             them
             partakers
             of
             his
             honour
             ,
             and
             used
             them
             as
             his
             Ministers
             and
             Officers
             )
             resolved
             it
             their
             duty
             to
             laud
             ,
             and
             extoll
             ,
             and
             honour
             them
             ,
             and
             taught
             others
             that
             this
             was
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             magnifie
             and
             worship
             those
             whom
             he
             had
             preferred
             and
             dignified
             (
             as
             a
             King
             would
             have
             his
             Ministers
             honoured
             )
             and
             that
             that
             is
             the
             honouring
             of
             God
             .
             Vpon
             this
             foundation
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             they
             began
             to
             build
             Temples
             to
             the
             Starres
             ,
             to
             sacrifice
             to
             them
             ,
             bow
             themselves
             before
             them
             ,
             that
             by
             so
             doing
             they
             might
             obtain
             Gods
             favour
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             the
             ground
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             not
             that
             they
             thought
             there
             was
             no
             God
             but
             the
             Starres
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             thought
             this
             worship
             performed
             to
             them
             to
             be
             the
             will
             of
             God
             .
             In
             processe
             of
             time
             false
             Prophets
             arose
             ,
             pretending
             messages
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             directions
             for
             the
             worshiping
             of
             such
             or
             such
             a
             Starre
             ,
             nay
             for
             the
             sacrificing
             to
             all
             the
             host
             of
             them
             ,
             building
             them
             Temples
             ,
             making
             pictures
             of
             them
             that
             might
             be
             adored
             by
             women
             ,
             children
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             purpose
             they
             invented
             certain
             figures
             ,
             affirming
             them
             to
             be
             revealed
             to
             them
             by
             prophesie
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             images
             of
             such
             Starres
             .
             Thereupon
             men
             began
             to
             make
             images
             in
             Temples
             ,
             under
             trees
             ,
             on
             the
             top
             of
             hills
             ,
             and
             all
             men
             to
             meet
             and
             worship
             them
             ,
             resolving
             and
             proclaiming
             that
             from
             those
             images
             all
             good
             and
             evil
             did
             proceed
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             all
             reason
             they
             were
             to
             be
             feared
             and
             worshiped
             ;
             the
             Priests
             promising
             all
             increase
             and
             prosperity
             as
             the
             reward
             of
             this
             worship
             ,
             and
             prescribing
             of
             rules
             for
             the
             performance
             of
             it
             .
             After
             these
             ,
             other
             impostours
             rose
             ,
             that
             affirmed
             such
             a
             Starre
             ,
             or
             Sphear
             ,
             or
             Angel
             ,
             to
             have
             spoken
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             prescribed
             their
             way
             and
             manner
             of
             worship
             ;
             in
             summe
             ,
             it
             was
             generally
             spread
             over
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             images
             were
             to
             be
             worshiped
             ,
             each
             by
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             of
             sacrifice
             ,
             and
             adoration
             ,
             and
             the
             name
             of
             God
             was
             quite
             lost
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             and
             minds
             of
             all
             men
             ;
             so
             farre
             as
             not
             to
             be
             acknowledged
             by
             them
             ,
             but
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             worshiped
             nothing
             but
             images
             of
             wood
             and
             stone
             ,
             built
             temples
             on
             purpose
             for
             them
             ,
             adored
             and
             sware
             by
             their
             name
             ,
             and
             even
             the
             Priests
             and
             wise
             men
             among
             them
             thought
             that
             there
             was
             no
             other
             God
             but
             those
             starres
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             for
             whose
             sakes
             these
             images
             were
             
             made
             .
             As
             for
             the
             great
             God
             of
             this
             world
             no
             mortall
             knew
             him
             ,
             save
             onely
          
           Henoch
           ,
           Methusalah
           ,
           Noah
           ,
           Sem
           
             and
          
           Heber
           ,
           
             and
             so
             it
             continued
             till
          
           Abraham
           
             was
             born
             ,
             the
             pillar
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           Thus
           much
           
             Maimon
             .
          
           and
           much
           more
           by
           way
           of
           story
           and
           observation
           .
           And
           what
           is
           thus
           by
           him
           observed
           of
           the
           
             heathens
             ,
          
           is
           by
           others
           deduced
           as
           clearly
           for
           the
           
             idolizing
          
           of
           
             Kings
          
           and
           great
           persons
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             men
             admired
             by
             their
             flatterers
          
           saith
           
             Chrysostome
             :
          
           which
           besides
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Wisd.
          
           14.
           17.
           and
           
             Aristotle
             Met.
          
           1.
           (
           where
           he
           shews
           how
           
             admiration
             of
             great
             men
             and
             benefactours
          
           hath
           been
           the
           great
           principle
           of
           
             idolatry
          
           or
           
             men-worship
             )
          
           is
           every where
           observable
           in
           the
           story
           of
           the
           
             Romane
             Cesars
             ,
          
           no
           man
           dying
           without
           an
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             being
             made
             a
             God
             ;
          
           and
           then
           constantly
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           their
           statues
           in
           their
           
             Temples
             ,
          
           following
           as
           an
           attendant
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             15
          
           Many
           Stages
           you
           see
           in
           this
           accursed
           progresse
           of
           
             idol-worship
             ,
          
           before
           they
           came
           to
           
             images
             ,
          
           and
           that
           last
           so
           prodigious
           a
           pitch
           ,
           such
           a
           dishonouring
           of
           the
           
             deity
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Psalmist
          
           could
           not
           say
           any
           thing
           more
           reprochfull
           of
           the
           
             makers
          
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           
             trusters
          
           in
           them
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           were
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             like
             or
             equall
             to
             their
             Gods
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             16
          
           To
           this
           purpose
           there
           are
           three
           notable
           passages
           which
           I
           shall
           but
           mention
           ,
           and
           leave
           to
           be
           viewd
           at
           large
           ;
           the
           one
           
             Isai.
          
           44.
           13.
           to
           the
           twentieth
           verse
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           
             Wisd.
          
           13.
           11.
           and
           so
           to
           the
           end
           of
           that
           Chapter
           ;
           the
           third
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Epistle
             of
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           shewing
           the
           ridiculous
           progresse
           of
           a
           
             knotty
          
           piece
           of
           
             wood
          
           into
           a
           solemne
           
             deity
             ,
          
           and
           the
           irrationall
           senselessenesse
           of
           that
           worship
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           judgement
           of
           Heathens
           themselves
           ,
           witnesse
           
             Heraclitus
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           praying
           to
           inanimate
           things
           is
           like
           talking
           to
           houses
           ;
           And
           yet
           this
           madnesse
           the
           constant
           disease
           of
           those
           that
           had
           set
           up
           any
           other
           deitie
           but
           that
           of
           the
           onely
           true
           God
           of
           heaven
           ,
           that
           ever
           
             adored
             any
             creature
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Rom.
          
           1.
           (
           not
           onely
           
             more
             ,
          
           as
           we
           render
           it
           ,
           but
           )
           
             besides
             or
             except
             the
             Creatour
             ;
          
           There
           being
           no
           stay
           for
           those
           (
           that
           became
           thus
           vain
           to
           
             worship
          
           any
           thing
           but
           God
           )
           no
           stop
           in
           their
           
             tumbling
          
           (
           as
           
             Maimon
             .
          
           phrases
           it
           )
           to
           that
           deep
           gulf
           of
           impietie
           ,
           the
           worship
           of
           the
           most
           inanimate
           mean
           creatures
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             17
          
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           
             Maximus
             Tyrius
          
           gives
           a
           more
           favourable
           ingenious
           account
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           That
           
             as
             letters
             were
             invented
             for
             the
             expressing
             of
             words
             ,
             (
             that
             so
             by
             the
             help
             of
             writing
             ,
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             mens
             memories
             might
             be
             repaired
             )
             so
             the
             images
             of
             the
             Gods
             were
             provided
             to
             help
             the
             infirmities
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             may
             lay
             up
             the
             names
             of
             their
             Gods
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             the
             famous
             things
             that
             are
             worth
             remembring
             of
             them
             ,
          
           and
           in
           brief
           to
           
             help
          
           them
           to
           celebrate
           their
           Gods
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             help
             and
             manuductions
             for
             remembrance
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             signes
             and
             tokens
             of
             their
             honouring
             them
             ,
             Trophees
             as
             it
             were
             of
             their
             Noble
             acts
             to
             perpetuate
             the
             memory
             of
             them
             .
          
           So
           that
           although
           ,
           as
           he
           acknowledges
           ,
           
             God
             be
             invisible
             to
             eyes
             ,
             yet
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             infirmity
             ,
             and
             again
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             Lovers
             to
             love
             ,
             to
             behold
             their
             pictures
             whom
             they
             love
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amisse
             to
             use
             any
             thing
             that
             may
             thus
             bring
             us
             in
             mind
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           all
           this
           with
           a
           caution
           ,
           that
           
             nothing
             be
             terminated
             in
             the
             picture
             ,
             but
             the
             love
             ,
             and
             remembrance
             ,
             and
             everything
             bestowed
             upon
             God
             onely
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           Heathen
           divinity
           very
           handsomly
           managed
           ,
           being
           indeed
           no
           pretence
           of
           plea
           for
           the
           
             worshiping
             of
             Images
             ,
          
           but
           onely
           the
           using
           them
           as
           helps
           to
           perform
           our
           duty
           to
           God
           ;
           But
           it
           is
           no
           news
           to
           see
           the
           actions
           of
           the
           many
           ,
           and
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           few
           very
           unlike
           one
           the
           other
           .
           (
           it
           being
           very
           easie
           to
           
             write
          
           virtuously
           ,
           and
           hard
           to
           
             live
          
           so
           .
           )
           And
           certainly
           the
           Heathen
           
             practice
          
           was
           quite
           another
           thing
           then
           this
           
             Platonick
             speculation
             ;
          
           and
           so
           much
           of
           the
           
             first
          
           and
           
             second
          
           notion
           of
           an
           
             Idol
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             18
          
           Now
           for
           the
           other
           notion
           of
           an
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           as
           it
           signifies
           
             filthy
          
           or
           
             abominable
             ,
          
           it
           will
           be
           worth
           observing
           ,
           what
           the
           
             Author
             of
             the
             book
             of
             Wisdome
          
           saith
           of
           it
           
             in
             universum
             ,
             Wisd.
          
           14.
           where
           after
           an
           enumeration
           of
           many
           other
           wickednesses
           in
           their
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           vers.
           23.
           in
           their
           
             inhumane
             sacrifices
             and
             mysteries
             ,
          
           he
           concludes
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             pollution
             ,
             inversion
             of
             nature
             ,
             disorder
             of
             mariage
             ,
             adultery
             ,
             and
             shamelesse
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           vers.
           26.
           and
           at
           length
           concludes
           that
           
             the
             worship
             of
             the
             namelesse
             Idols
             ,
             or
             those
             not
             to
             be
             named
             ,
             is
             the
             beginning
             ,
             and
             cause
             ,
             and
             end
             of
             evil
             ;
          
           all
           the
           villanies
           in
           the
           world
           the
           designe
           and
           speciall
           parts
           of
           those
           worships
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             19
          
           To
           that
           purpose
           that
           I
           may
           not
           lead
           my
           reader
           into
           the
           Heathen
           stories
           ,
           or
           the
           relations
           made
           by
           the
           Fathers
           in
           those
           tracts
           which
           they
           wrote
           against
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           (
           that
           excellent
           
             *
          
           set
           of
           bookes
           ,
           which
           may
           serve
           any
           student
           for
           the
           
             Isthmus
             ,
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             passage
          
           between
           the
           study
           of
           
             humane
          
           and
           
             divine
          
           learning
           )
           I
           shall
           onely
           point
           to
           some
           passages
           in
           the
           sacred
           writ
           that
           look
           this
           way
           .
           1.
           
           
             Kings
          
           14.
           24.
           after
           the
           mention
           of
           the
           
             Idols
          
           and
           
             groves
          
           follows
           that
           
             there
             were
             Sodomites
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             doing
             according
             to
             the
             abominations
             of
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             had
             cast
             out
             before
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           which
           gives
           you
           moreover
           a
           view
           of
           the
           particularity
           of
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           
             Amorites
          
           and
           other
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           which
           provoked
           God
           to
           that
           fatall
           
             slaughter
             ,
          
           and
           
             eradication
          
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           fully
           set
           down
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           18.
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           and
           an
           expresse
           threat
           added
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           vers.
           29.
           that
           
             whosoever
             shall
             commit
             any
             of
             these
             abominations
             shall
             be
             cut
             off
             from
             among
             their
             people
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             20
          
           And
           perhaps
           it
           will
           not
           be
           unworthy
           a
           
             digression
          
           here
           to
           mark
           ,
           that
           at
           
           the
           
             routing
          
           out
           of
           those
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             planting
          
           in
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           in
           their
           stead
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           the
           
             condition
          
           of
           that
           
             Covenant
          
           being
           that
           they
           should
           
             fear
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             walk
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             those
             Nations
             )
          
           the
           
             signe
          
           or
           
             seal
          
           of
           that
           
             Covenant
          
           was
           designed
           to
           be
           such
           as
           had
           a
           particular
           reference
           to
           these
           sinnes
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           denoted
           the
           
             amputation
          
           of
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             superfluity
             of
             naughtinesse
             ,
          
           which
           had
           been
           practised
           among
           those
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           and
           which
           would
           infallibly
           bring
           as
           certain
           
             excision
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           (
           if
           they
           reformed
           it
           not
           )
           as
           was
           threatned
           by
           God
           to
           every
           
             male
             Israelite
          
           that
           should
           continue
           
             uncircumcised
             .
          
           To
           the
           same
           purpose
           were
           all
           those
           
             laws
          
           and
           
             writes
          
           concerning
           
             legall
             pollutions
             ,
          
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           the
           greatest
           
             alienation
          
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           
             detestation
          
           of
           this
           piece
           of
           
             Heathenisme
             ;
          
           Yea
           and
           one
           main
           part
           of
           the
           
             promise
          
           of
           God
           upon
           their
           obedience
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             multiplying
             of
             their
             seed
          
           (
           which
           was
           so
           remarkable
           in
           that
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           that
           
             Josephus
          
           mentions
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           the
           
             craft
          
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           and
           speciall
           peculiar
           
             excellency
          
           of
           that
           people
           )
           was
           a
           most
           naturall
           proper
           effect
           of
           the
           
             abstaining
          
           from
           those
           
             sinnes
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           as
           clear
           that
           in
           our
           
             Christian
             Sacrament
          
           of
           
             Initiation
             ,
          
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             washing
             away
             the
             sordes
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           had
           a
           propriety
           also
           to
           that
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           accordingly
           mentioned
           in
           the
           vow
           of
           baptisme
           ,
           
             the
             forsaking
             of
             all
             the
             sinfull
             lusts
          
           thereof
           .
           )
           but
           this
           by
           the
           way
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             21
          
           So
           again
           ,
           chap.
           15.
           12.
           the
           
             Idols
          
           and
           the
           
             Sodomites
          
           are
           mentioned
           together
           ,
           and
           2.
           
           
             Kings
             23.
             7.
             the
             houses
             of
             the
             Sodomites
             are
             cast
             down
             ;
          
           where
           there
           is
           also
           mention
           of
           the
           
             groves
          
           for
           those
           
             dark
          
           purposes
           ,
           by
           which
           under
           that
           name
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Astarta
          
           seems
           to
           be
           designed
           .
           So
           when
           the
           
             Babylonians
          
           made
           
             Succoth
             Benoth
             ,
          
           what
           is
           meant
           thereby
           but
           the
           
             Tents
             of
             Venus
             ,
          
           in
           which
           all
           the
           
             Virgins
          
           were
           solemnly
           prostituted
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           that
           
             false
             deity
             Venus
             ,
          
           under
           the
           title
           of
           
             Mylitta
             ?
          
           and
           so
           the
           
             prostitution
          
           of
           their
           
             daughters
             for
             the
             honour
          
           of
           their
           
             gods
             ,
          
           which
           is
           mentioned
           not
           onely
           by
           
             Herod
             .
             l.
          
           1.
           and
           
             Strabo
             l.
          
           16
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Epistle
           of
           
             Jeremy
          
           vers.
           43.
           where
           the
           
             cords
          
           mentioned
           are
           undoubtedly
           the
           signes
           of
           their
           
             vows
          
           (
           and
           obligation
           from
           thence
           )
           to
           pay
           that
           sacrifice
           before
           they
           went
           .
           So
           
             Isa.
             57.
             5.
             
             Inflaming
             ,
          
           or
           
             you
             that
             inflame
             your selves
             with
             Idols
             under
             every
             green
             tree
             ,
          
           noting
           that
           prostitution
           of
           men
           and
           women
           in
           the
           Groves
           about
           their
           
             Idol-temples
             ,
          
           in
           honour
           of
           their
           false
           
             gods
             .
          
           And
           to
           instance
           in
           no
           more
           ,
           it
           seems
           not
           improbable
           upon
           these
           grounds
           that
           the
           frequent
           expressions
           of
           the
           Idolatrous
           practises
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           by
           
             fornication
             ,
             whoring
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           may
           be
           somewhat
           more
           then
           a
           
             trope
          
           or
           figure
           of
           
             Rhetorick
             ,
          
           having
           thus
           much
           of
           Reality
           in
           it
           also
           :
           It
           being
           clear
           that
           this
           falling
           off
           to
           the
           
             Heathen
             Idols
          
           brought
           them
           oft
           to
           these
           
             Heathen
             sinnes
          
           also
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           
             Baal-Peor
          
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           .
           So
           
             Rom.
          
           1.
           26.
           it
           is
           affirmed
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           
           that
           as
           a
           punishment
           of
           those
           
             Idol-heathen-worships
             God
             gave
             them
             up
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             to
             dishonourable
             infamous
             affections
             ,
          
           and
           a
           particular
           account
           of
           them
           is
           set
           down
           ,
           vers.
           26.
           
             women
             changing
             the
             naturall
             use
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           likewise
           men
           also
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           vers.
           27.
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           vers.
           28.
           guilty
           of
           those
           
             most
             reprochfull
             shames
             ,
             and
             contumelies
             of
             nature
             .
          
           Of
           which
           there
           was
           aboundant
           store
           in
           the
           
             Eleusinia
             sacra
             ,
             Cybeles
             mysteries
             ,
             Venus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Flora's
             feasts
             ,
          
           from
           which
           it
           will
           not
           be
           tolerable
           to
           repeat
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             22
          
           By
           this
           ungratefull
           unsavoury
           observation
           it
           will
           be
           possible
           to
           contribute
           some
           what
           to
           the
           illustrating
           of
           many
           places
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           particularly
           of
           the
           notion
           of
           Idolatry
           there
           ,
           (
           for
           which
           advantage
           it
           is
           that
           this
           discourse
           hath
           thus
           enlarged
           it self
           .
           )
           As
           first
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           29.
           where
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           
             Hesychius's
          
           Glossary
           )
           who
           
             *
          
           
             giving
             over
             all
             labour
             ,
          
           (
           as
           idlenesse
           is
           the
           mother-sinne
           of
           the
           
             Sodomites
             )
             gave
             themselves
             up
             to
             lasciviousnesse
             ,
             to
             work
             all
             uncleannesse
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           we
           render
           it
           ,
           
             [
             with
             greedinesse
             ]
          
           the
           word
           is
           interpreted
           
             Covetousnesse
          
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           but
           signifies
           not
           onely
           that
           ,
           but
           all
           
             immoderate
             ,
          
           and
           peculiarly
           inordinate
           unnaturall
           desire
           ,
           not
           onely
           
             coveting
          
           of
           
             wealth
             ,
          
           I
           say
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Aristotle
          
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           opposed
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             to
             equality
             ,
          
           when
           any
           man
           
             will
             have
          
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           above
           his
           
             portion
             .
          
           So
           in
           
             Hesychius
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           to
           denote
           the
           [
           more
           
             then
             is
             due
             or
             ought
             to
             be
             ]
          
           whatsoever
           the
           subject
           matter
           be
           .
           So
           in
           
             Lucian
             de
             calumn
             :
          
           pag.
           844.
           the
           
             Calumniator
          
           is
           described
           to
           be
           
             one
             that
             will
             have
             all
             his
             auditours
             to
             himself
             ,
             will
             let
             no
             man
             else
             be
             heard
             ,
          
           and
           for
           this
           he
           calls
           him
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           and
           so
           
             Democrates
             in
             his
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           defines
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           be
           a
           
             speaking
             all
             ,
             and
             not
             endureing
             to
             hear
             any body
             else
             :
          
           And
           the
           notion
           that
           I
           now
           speak
           of
           ,
           applyed
           to
           
             inordinate
             lust
             ,
          
           though
           it
           differ
           in
           the
           object
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           in
           effect
           with
           this
           ,
           a
           desiring
           and
           usurping
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           his
           condition
           ,
           sex
           ,
           nature
           ,
           &c.
           and
           of
           that
           we
           have
           a
           grammaticall
           ground
           in
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           signifies
           
             covetousnesse
          
           and
           
             lust
             ,
          
           and
           being
           oft
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           once
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             pollution
             ,
             Ezekiel
          
           33.
           31.
           where
           though
           our
           
             English
          
           reade
           
             covetousnesse
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           sense
           directs
           otherwise
           ,
           even
           to
           that
           which
           vers
           .
           29.
           is
           exprest
           by
           
             abominations
             .
          
           Of
           this
           I
           should
           not
           thus
           define
           ,
           were
           not
           many
           places
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           eminently
           applyable
           to
           this
           sense
           ,
           nor
           thus
           farre
           extravagate
           on
           this
           word
           ,
           did
           it
           not
           much
           tend
           to
           the
           explaining
           and
           asserting
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           notion
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ▪
          
           that
           now
           we
           are
           upon
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             23
          
           In
           that
           
             Rom.
          
           1.
           29.
           you
           have
           together
           in
           this
           matter
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             fornication
             ,
             villany
             ,
             (
             not
             covetousnesse
          
           again
           ,
           but
           )
           
             inordinate
             desire
             and
             naughtinesse
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           more
           evidently
           ,
           
             Coloss.
          
           3.
           5.
           where
           
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             Gentile
             unbelievers
             ,
          
           among
           their
           deeds
           that
           a
           Christian
           is
           so
           carefully
           to
           avoid
           ,
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           mentions
           
             fornication
             ,
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           I
           conceive
           ,
           in
           
             Salvians
          
           phrase
           )
           
             passivity
             ,
             evil
             concupiscence
             and
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           sure
           
             inordinate
             desire
          
           again
           
             which
             is
             Idolatry
          
           (
           and
           this
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           have
           been
           acknowledged
           by
           Saint
           
             Cyprian
             ,
          
           who
           
             Ep.
          
           52.
           will
           have
           [
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             which
             ]
          
           referre
           to
           each
           of
           those
           foregoing
           names
           )
           the
           interpretation
           of
           that
           heathen
           
             worship
          
           of
           theirs
           ,
           
             for
             which
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             cometh
             on
             the
             children
             of
             disobedience
          
           (
           it
           seems
           again
           this
           was
           the
           sinne
           that
           brought
           that
           fatall
           destruction
           upon
           them
           )
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             which
             sinnes
          
           the
           
             Colossians
             had
             sometimes
             walked
             when
             they
             lived
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             among
             the
             Gentiles
             .
          
           So
           Eph.
           5.
           3.
           
             let
             neither
             fornication
             ,
             nor
             uncleannesse
             ,
             or
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             inordinate
             desire
             be
             named
             among
             you
             ,
          
           (
           those
           
             nefanda
             ,
             sinnes
          
           not
           to
           be
           
             named
             )
             as
             becomes
             Saints
             ,
          
           as
           they
           are
           opposed
           to
           
             Gentiles
          
           again
           .
           And
           so
           verse
           5.
           
           
             Every
             fornicatour
             ,
          
           and
           
             unclean
             person
             ,
             and
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           (
           not
           
             covetous
             ,
          
           but
           
             inordinate
             luster
             )
             who
             is
             an
             Idolatour
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             24
          
           This
           may
           possibly
           be
           the
           notation
           of
           
             Idolaters
          
           also
           ,
           when
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
             10.
             6.
             
             Be
             not
             ye
             Idolaters
             ,
             as
             were
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             they
             sate
             down
             to
             eat
             and
             drink
             and
             rose
             up
             to
             play
             .
          
           For
           the
           Greek
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           we
           render
           to
           
             play
             ,
          
           may
           possibly
           referre
           in
           that
           place
           to
           those
           sinnes
           of
           
             uncleannesse
             .
          
           It
           is
           clear
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           doth
           
             Gen.
          
           39.
           14
           ,
           and
           17.
           which
           we
           there
           render
           
             [
             mock
             ]
          
           and
           though
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           be
           not
           the
           word
           there
           used
           ,
           yet
           the
           Hebrew
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifies
           both
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           word
           used
           both
           in
           that
           place
           of
           
             Genesis
             ,
          
           and
           
             Exod.
          
           32.
           6.
           from
           whence
           our
           Apostle
           cites
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           comparing
           the
           story
           
             Acts
          
           7.
           41.
           
           (
           where
           it
           is
           said
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             they
             rejoyced
             in
             the
             works
             of
             their
             hands
             )
          
           be
           apt
           to
           perswade
           any
           ,
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           
             play
             ,
          
           is
           all
           one
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           
             rejoyce
             ,
          
           and
           so
           that
           both
           denote
           their
           
             dancing
             before
             their
             Idol
             ,
          
           it
           will
           be
           as
           obvious
           to
           replie
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           there
           used
           ,
           signifies
           most
           properly
           the
           
             rejoycing
             at
             a
             feast
             Luke
          
           12.
           19.
           and
           15.
           23.
           24.
           29.
           32.
           and
           16.
           19.
           and
           so
           following
           ,
           the
           
             offering
             of
             sacrifice
             to
             their
             idol
             ,
          
           shall
           denote
           a
           
             sacrificall
             feast
             ,
          
           and
           be
           all
           one
           with
           the
           
             eating
          
           and
           
             drinking
          
           here
           ,
           but
           not
           with
           the
           
             playing
          
           that
           attends
           it
           :
           and
           so
           still
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           may
           probably
           be
           thus
           interpreted
           ;
           especially
           when
           in
           this
           place
           it
           follows
           immediately
           after
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             lusters
             after
             evil
             things
             ,
          
           and
           is
           attended
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             neither
             let
             us
             commit
             fornication
             .
          
           &c.
           and
           from
           thence
           perhaps
           it
           is
           that
           verse
           14.
           to
           his
           exhortation
           of
           
             flying
             from
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           he
           subjoyns
           verse
           15.
           
           
             I
             speak
             to
             wise
             men
             ,
             judge
             what
             I
             say
             ;
          
           not
           willing
           to
           adde
           more
           words
           on
           that
           subject
           .
           This
           is
           but
           a
           conjecture
           of
           which
           I
           am
           not
           confident
           .
           But
           no
           question
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             abominable
          
           nefarious
           
             Idolatries
             ,
             1
             Pet.
          
           4.
           3.
           of
           the
           
             fruitlesse
             works
             of
             darknesse
             ,
          
           whereof
           Christianitie
           made
           them
           
             ashamed
          
           of
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           
             those
             things
             that
             were
             done
             in
             secret
             ,
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             which
             it
             was
             a
             shame
             to
             name
          
           or
           
             speak
          
           out
           ;
           (
           all
           one
           perhaps
           with
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             hidden
             idolatry
          
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Laodicea
             )
          
           to
           which
           you
           may
           adde
           ,
           1
           
             Thess.
             4.
             3.
             this
             is
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             your
             purification
             ,
          
           consisting
           as
           it
           follows
           in
           
             abstaining
             from
             fornication
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           after
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             purification
             and
          
           honour
           (
           as
           that
           is
           opposed
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             dishonourablenesse
             ,
             vilenesse
             ,
             Rom.
             1.
             26.
             
             )
             not
             in
             the
             lust
             of
             concupiscence
             ,
             as
             the
             Gentiles
          
           &c.
           
           To
           which
           purpose
           it
           is
           the
           conceit
           of
           some
           learned
           men
           ,
           that
           that
           which
           follows
           must
           be
           applied
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           verse
           6.
           (
           though
           our
           English
           reading
           look
           quite
           another
           way
           )
           for
           so
           the
           context
           will
           enforce
           ,
           verse
           7.
           for
           God
           hath
           not
           called
           us
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             for
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             to
          
           or
           
             in
             purification
             .
          
           And
           so
           every
           of
           those
           words
           will
           bear
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           now
           seasonable
           to
           insist
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           
             Isai.
          
           57.
           8.
           where
           the
           Prophet
           speaks
           to
           the
           
             *
          
           adulterous
           Apostate
           
             Israel
             [
             Thou
             hast
             discovered
             thy self
             to
             others
             beside
             me
             ,
             and
             art
             gone
             up
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           the
           Greek
           Translatours
           have
           used
           these
           words
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           &c.
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             [
             departing
             from
             me
             ]
          
           expressing
           
             [
             the
             discovering
             her self
             to
             others
             beside
             me
             ]
          
           and
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             [
             desiring
             more
             ]
          
           rendring
           
             [
             the
             going
             up
             ]
          
           which
           may
           therefore
           seem
           to
           be
           set
           in
           that
           place
           (
           according
           to
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             conscendit
             ,
             ascendit
             ,
             transcendit
             )
          
           for
           [
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           in
           the
           notion
           that
           we
           now
           speak
           of
           ;
           and
           then
           you
           see
           the
           sympathy
           betwixt
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
             dialect
          
           and
           
             idiom
          
           of
           those
           writers
           .
        
         
           So
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           5.
           11.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             either
             fornicatour
             ,
             or
             inordinate
             luster
             ,
             or
             idolater
             .
          
           Which
           cannot
           be
           applied
           to
           the
           worship
           of
           
             images
             ,
          
           because
           he
           there
           speaks
           of
           Christians
           in
           the
           profession
           at
           least
           ,
           who
           sure
           did
           not
           then
           worship
           
             images
             ,
          
           but
           might
           be
           guilty
           more
           probably
           of
           those
           carnall
           heathen
           
             uncleannesses
             ,
          
           those
           
             impurities
          
           so
           solemnly
           used
           in
           the
           
             idol-worships
             .
          
           In
           which
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           precedent
           verse
           under
           the
           generall
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             fornicatours
             ,
          
           are
           specified
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             fornicatours
             of
             this
             world
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           
             The
             inordinate
             lusters
             and
             idolaters
          
           again
           belong
           to
           that
           matter
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           more
           then
           possible
           may
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           too
           ,
           which
           we
           render
           
             extortioners
             ,
          
           but
           may
           rather
           seem
           to
           signifie
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             rape
             or
             stealing
             of
             women
             or
             virgins
             ,
          
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           2.
           12.
           preying
           on
           them
           (
           the
           literall
           notation
           of
           the
           word
           from
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             rapio
             ,
          
           by
           which
           as
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           Hebrew
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           rendred
           )
           and
           so
           I
           have
           observed
           the
           word
           to
           be
           used
           in
           
             Constant
             .
          
           
             *
          
           
             Harmenopulus
             ,
          
           and
           may
           perhaps
           also
           in
           Saint
           
             Matth.
          
           chap.
           23.
           25.
           where
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           joyned
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             incontinence
             ,
          
           and
           opposed
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             cleansing
             and
             clean
             ,
          
           verse
           26.
           
        
         
         
           
             
               §
            
             25
          
           To
           this
           nothing
           can
           more
           clearly
           belong
           ,
           then
           that
           mention
           of
           
             Idolaters
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           9.
           being
           so
           joyned
           on
           both
           sides
           with
           
             fornicatours
             ,
             adulterers
             ,
             soft
             or
             effeminate
             defilers
             of
             themselves
             with
             mankind
             .
          
           And
           what
           if
           the
           phrase
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           22.
           do
           so
           also
           ,
           
             [
             thou
             that
             abhorrest
             Idols
             ]
          
           The
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           seems
           to
           referre
           to
           those
           (
           so
           frequently
           called
           )
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             abominations
             ;
          
           whether
           (
           those
           of
           the
           
             Sydonians
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           whether
           )
           
             abominable
          
           sacrifies
           ,
           killing
           ,
           and
           
             offering
             their
             sonnes
             and
             daughters
             unto
             devils
             ,
          
           or
           
             abominable
          
           sorceries
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           18.
           or
           
             abominable
          
           senselesse
           stupidity
           ,
           in
           worshiping
           inanimate
           creatures
           ,
           or
           
             abominable
          
           lusts
           in
           their
           idol-feasts
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           define
           ,
           but
           onely
           observe
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           should
           applie
           it
           peculiarly
           to
           the
           last
           of
           these
           (
           yet
           not
           excluding
           the
           rest
           )
           the
           rationall
           importance
           of
           the
           place
           will
           bear
           it
           very
           well
           .
           Thou
           that
           dost
           so
           detest
           and
           abominate
           those
           heathen
           villanies
           in
           their
           idol-worships
           ,
           if
           upon
           that
           ground
           of
           zeal
           thou
           robbe
           and
           rifle
           their
           Temples
           ,
           wilt
           never
           be
           able
           to
           clear
           thy self
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             26
          
           Having
           gone
           through
           so
           many
           ,
           there
           are
           but
           few
           more
           mentions
           of
           these
           words
           
             [
             Idolater
          
           or
           
             Idolatry
             ]
          
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           I
           shall
           briefly
           give
           you
           a
           view
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           5.
           20.
           
           Where
           of
           the
           
             works
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           carnall
           sinnes
           there
           are
           in
           the
           Front
           ,
           
             Adultery
             ,
             fornication
             ,
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           that
           
           foul
           sinne
           ,
           which
           our
           Translation
           renders
           here
           
             lasciviousnesse
             ,
          
           but
           elsewhere
           
             shamelesse
             uncleannesse
             ,
             Wisd.
             14.
             26.
             
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           &c.
           all
           clearly
           of
           a
           making
           ,
           if
           this
           notion
           of
           
             Idolatry
          
           be
           accepted
           .
           So
           
             Apoc.
          
           21.
           8.
           where
           among
           the
           eight
           severalls
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           
             fire
             and
             brimstone
          
           old
           
             Sodoms
          
           lot
           ,
           is
           apportioned
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           these
           five
           
             unbelievers
          
           (
           a
           generall
           word
           for
           
             Gentiles
             )
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           we
           render
           it
           
             abominable
             ,
          
           it
           is
           most
           probably
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           conjunction
           those
           that
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           those
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           abominations
           ,
           or
           bestiall
           sinnes
           ,
           as
           
             Apoc.
          
           17.
           4.
           you
           have
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             abomination
             and
             uncleannesse
             of
             her
             fornication
             ,
          
           and
           so
           verse
           7.
           
             fornicatours
             ,
             and
             idolaters
             ,
             and
             all
             liars
             ,
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           conceive
           all
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           those
           
             false
             idolatrous
          
           worships
           )
           and
           so
           again
           ,
           chap.
           22.
           15.
           
           
             Fornicatours
             ,
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             that
             loveth
             and
             worketh
             a
             lie
             ,
          
           (
           all
           those
           that
           delight
           in
           ,
           and
           practise
           those
           
             false
             worships
             ,
          
           which
           are
           called
           a
           
             lie
             ,
             Rom.
          
           1.
           25.
           
           )
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             sorcerers
          
           in
           the
           front
           ,
           either
           because
           that
           sinne
           was
           so
           ordinarily
           joyned
           to
           those
           other
           heathen
           impieties
           ,
           (
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           one
           eminent
           place
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           18.
           from
           the
           ninth
           to
           the
           thirteenth
           verse
           )
           or
           upon
           a
           ground
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           mention
           anon
           ,
           of
           
             conjuring
          
           their
           
             Gods
          
           by
           
             magicall
             ceremonies
             ,
          
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           to
           adjoyn
           themselves
           to
           the
           
             consecrated
             images
             .
          
           And
           all
           this
           under
           the
           title
           of
           the
           
             dogs
             that
             are
             without
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Gentile
             world
             of
             Idolatours
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             
               §
            
             27
          
           Thus
           in
           some
           Latine
           
             fragments
          
           of
           
             Polycarpus's
             Epistle
          
           speaking
           of
           
             Valens
             a
             Presbyter
          
           of
           
             Philippi
             ,
          
           and
           his
           having
           committed
           somewhat
           utterly
           unworthy
           of
           that
           calling
           (
           which
           is
           
             not
          
           there
           
             named
             ,
          
           and
           perhaps
           by
           that
           may
           be
           rather
           guessed
           at
           what
           it
           was
           )
           by
           his
           example
           he
           admonisheth
           others
           
             to
             abstain
             [
             ab
             avaritia
             ]
          
           (
           that
           sure
           was
           in
           Greek
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           
             from
             inordinate
             desires
             ,
             [
             &
             sint
             casti
             ]
             and
             be
             chast
             .
          
           Adding
           ,
           that
           
             whosoever
             did
             not
             thus
             abstain
          
           [
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           
             ab
             idololatria
             coinquinabitur
             ,
             &
             tanquam
             inter
             Gentes
             judicabitur
             ,
             will
             be
             contaminated
             by
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             judged
             as
             among
             the
             Gentiles
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             28
          
           I
           have
           now
           sufficiently
           importuned
           and
           tempted
           my
           readers
           patience
           with
           these
           observations
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           thought
           very
           extrinsecall
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           (
           especially
           as
           farre
           as
           concerns
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           but
           that
           they
           tend
           immediately
           (
           to
           which
           I
           designed
           them
           )
           to
           that
           third
           and
           main
           importance
           of
           the
           word
           
             [
             Idol
             ]
             in
          
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ;
          
           and
           more
           then
           so
           ,
           to
           the
           explication
           of
           the
           word
           
             Idolatry
          
           (
           and
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           of
           many
           difficult
           passages
           )
           in
           the
           
             New
             ,
          
           so
           as
           to
           signifie
           those
           
             Heathen
             basenesses
             ,
          
           that
           
             Christians
          
           were
           too
           apt
           to
           learn
           from
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           when
           their
           
             Image-worship
          
           was
           lesse
           tempting
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           may
           therefore
           possibly
           be
           the
           vice
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           Apostle
           so
           dehorts
           his
           
             little
             children
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             his
             new
             born
             babes
             in
             Christ
          
           or
           
             Gentile
          
           converts
           ,
           that
           they
           
             abstain
          
           or
           
             keep
             themselves
             from
             Idols
             ,
             1
             John
          
           5.
           21.
           for
           there
           was
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           we
           reade
           in
           Scripture
           )
           little
           of
           any
           other
           kind
           of
           
             Idolatry
          
           in
           fashion
           among
           
             Christians
          
           at
           that
           time
           (
           unlesse
           perhaps
           the
           eating
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           may
           come
           under
           that
           title
           which
           yet
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           prohibits
           onely
           in
           order
           to
           
             Scandall
             .
             )
          
           and
           that
           this
           was
           ,
           not
           onely
           
             slyly
          
           and
           
             secretly
          
           (
           but
           even
           
             avowedly
          
           and
           
             profestly
             )
          
           you
           may
           see
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           2.
           which
           Chapter
           being
           read
           and
           weighed
           in
           the
           Originall
           ,
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           almost
           wholly
           spent
           on
           this
           matter
           .
           I
           will
           give
           the
           Reader
           a
           little
           light
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             29
          
           There
           was
           it
           seems
           a
           villanous
           
             sect
          
           of
           
             false
             teachers
          
           ready
           to
           creep
           in
           among
           those
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           verse
           1.
           bringing
           in
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             doctrines
          
           of
           
             destruction
             ;
          
           you
           will
           guesse
           what
           that
           means
           ,
           if
           you
           mark
           what
           some
           ancient
           
           copies
           set
           in
           stead
           of
           that
           word
           which
           we
           render
           
             [
             destruction
             ,
             ]
          
           when
           it
           returns
           again
           vers.
           2.
           for
           there
           the
           old
           manuscripts
           have
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             want
             onnesses
             ,
          
           in
           stead
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             destructions
             .
          
           Our
           English
           reades
           
             damnable
             heresies
          
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           
             pernicious
             wayes
          
           in
           the
           second
           ,
           but
           those
           are
           onely
           generally
           paraphrases
           which
           come
           not
           home
           particularly
           to
           the
           notation
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           margin
           of
           our
           books
           confessing
           that
           other
           reading
           ,
           renders
           it
           verse
           2.
           
             lascivious
             wayes
             ,
          
           in
           the
           sense
           that
           now
           we
           contend
           for
           .
           This
           is
           further
           explained
           (
           which
           convinces
           the
           discourse
           to
           belong
           to
           this
           matter
           )
           by
           the
           
             sinnes
             of
             the
             old
             world
             ,
          
           verse
           5.
           and
           of
           
             Sodom
          
           
           peculiarly
           ,
           verse
           6.
           by
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           verse
           7.
           the
           
             conversation
             of
             those
             that
             observed
             no
             laws
             in
             their
             lasciviousnesse
             ,
          
           such
           as
           did
           so
           grieve
           
             righteous
             Lot
          
           in
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             lust
             of
             pollution
          
           or
           
             abominable
          
           desire
           ,
           verse
           10.
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           verse
           12.
           we
           render
           it
           
             [
             born
             to
             be
             taken
             and
             destroyed
             ]
          
           but
           it
           signifies
           rather
           in
           the
           active
           sense
           ,
           that
           
             are
             made
             ad
             praedandum
             to
             prey
             ,
          
           (
           or
           catch
           and
           tear
           ,
           so
           
             Job
          
           24.
           5.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           by
           the
           Greek
           rendred
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           catch
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           
             Chaldee
          
           paraphrase
           
             rising
             up
             early
             to
             their
             prey
             )
             and
             to
             corrupt
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           good
           for
           nothing
           but
           to
           assault
           and
           debauch
           (
           as
           ravenous
           beasts
           do
           use
           to
           prey
           upon
           )
           all
           they
           meet
           with
           promiscuously
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           properly
           signifies
           those
           things
           which
           
             are
             taken
             and
             torn
             with
             wild
             beasts
             ,
          
           (
           because
           such
           were
           not
           to
           be
           eaten
           
             *
          
           
             Lev.
          
           17.
           15.
           
           )
           is
           by
           use
           enlarged
           to
           all
           
             forbidden
             meats
          
           among
           the
           
             Robbins
          
           (
           if
           
             the
             lungs
             of
             any
             thing
             have
             a
             hole
             in
             them
             ,
          
           they
           call
           it
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &c.
           saith
           
             *
          
           
             Elias
             Levita
             )
          
           and
           so
           by
           analogy
           is
           here
           made
           use
           of
           to
           denote
           those
           
             unclean
          
           prohibited
           acts
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           to
           be
           accounted
           of
           among
           Christians
           ,
           as
           the
           
             cibus
             vetitus
          
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           take
           pleasure
           in
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           such
           
             riotous
             actions
          
           as
           these
           verse
           13.
           are
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           from
           the
           Hebrew
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             macula
             ,
             spots
             and
             blemishes
             ,
          
           (
           such
           as
           among
           the
           Jews
           made
           the
           
             sacrifice
             unclean
             )
          
           defilers
           and
           polluters
           of
           those
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           do
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             feast
          
           or
           
             revell
             ,
          
           in
           the
           end
           of
           that
           verse
           .
           So
           it
           is
           again
           expressed
           verse
           14.
           by
           
             having
             eyes
             full
             of
             the
             adulteresse
             ,
             and
             that
             cease
             not
             from
             sinne
             ,
             intangling
             ,
             unstable
          
           or
           unconfirmed
           
             Souls
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           new
           converted
           Christians
           ,
           having
           a
           heart
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           in
           the
           sense
           which
           before
           we
           gave
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           which
           belongs
           to
           it
           also
           verse
           3.
           )
           
             exercised
             with
             those
             inordinate
             lusts
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           wholly
           employed
           on
           them
           ;
           which
           denominates
           them
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             children
             of
             a
             curse
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             worthy
          
           to
           have
           a
           curse
           fall
           on
           them
           (
           as
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             perdition
             worthy
          
           to
           be
           destroyed
           )
           And
           ver.
           15.
           by
           the
           
             way
             of
             Balaam
          
           (
           who
           we
           know
           brought
           the
           Israelites
           to
           that
           sinne
           of
           uncleannesse
           with
           the
           
             Moabitish
          
           women
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             curse
          
           by
           that
           means
           )
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           verse
           18.
           that
           
             high
             pitch
             of
             vanity
             ,
          
           or
           false
           Idolatrous
           worship
           ,
           as
           a
           snare
           to
           bring
           men
           to
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &c.
           
             lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             lasciviousnesse
             ,
          
           &c.
           (
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           vicious
           Heathen
           
             *
          
           
             conversation
             )
          
           by
           a
           villanous
           
             licentiousnesse
             ,
          
           verse
           19.
           (
           stolen
           in
           under
           pretence
           of
           Christian
           
             liberty
             ,
          
           but
           being
           indeed
           the
           
             basest
          
           
             *
          
           
             submission
             )
          
           and
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             pollutions
             of
             the
             Heathen
             world
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Nations
             ,
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           verse
           20.
           (
           which
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Christ
           was
           designed
           to
           turn
           out
           ,
           but
           complying
           and
           mixing
           with
           it
           ,
           was
           the
           vilest
           and
           most
           damning
           condition
           that
           could
           befall
           any
           ,
           vers.
           21
           ,
           22.
           )
           and
           at
           last
           by
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           most
           
             swinish
             wallowing
             in
             the
             mire
          
           of
           all
           
             uncleannesse
             .
          
           And
           if
           
           you
           would
           know
           who
           these
           
             unclean
             hereticks
          
           were
           ,
           (
           which
           Christianized
           all
           the
           villanies
           of
           the
           old
           Idol-worships
           )
           referred
           to
           in
           this
           and
           other
           places
           of
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           not
           positively
           define
           ,
           but
           leave
           it
           indifferently
           between
           the
           
             Gnosticks
          
           and
           the
           
             Nicolaitans
             ,
          
           the
           
             Gnosticks
          
           covertly
           
             *
          
           named
           1.
           
             Tim.
          
           6.
           20.
           
           (
           it
           seems
           they
           were
           then
           a
           creeping
           in
           at
           
             Ephesus
             )
          
           and
           profestly
           declaimed
           at
           
             Tit.
          
           1.
           under
           the
           title
           of
           the
           
             Cretian
             evil
             beasts
             ,
          
           and
           
             slow
             bellies
             ,
          
           vers.
           12.
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             polluted
          
           persons
           ,
           vers.
           15.
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             abominable
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           by
           their
           
             works
             deny
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           vers.
           16.
           
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             30
          
           For
           ,
           that
           these
           (
           being
           called
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             purification
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             to
             uncleannesse
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           being
           by
           their
           conversion
           to
           Christianity
           obliged
           to
           forsake
           those
           
             carnall
             lusts
             )
          
           did
           
             abuse
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           light
           and
           mercies
           of
           the
           Gospel
           )
           
             to
             wantonnesse
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             Jude
          
           vers.
           4.
           (
           which
           that
           it
           belongs
           to
           this
           matter
           in
           hand
           will
           appear
           by
           the
           parallel
           assigned
           them
           ,
           vers.
           7.
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           used
           it
           as
           an
           
             occasion
          
           to
           commit
           ,
           or
           
             protection
          
           to
           continue
           in
           such
           sinnes
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           guilty
           of
           strange
           prodigies
           of
           filthinesse
           ,
           and
           retained
           in
           their
           
             Sacraments
          
           some
           
             Symbola
          
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           should
           be
           learnt
           from
           
             Epiphanius
             ,
          
           then
           from
           this
           paper
           .
           Of
           them
           this
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           ,
           that
           perswading
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
          
           they
           thought
           they
           might
           wallow
           in
           all
           filthinesse
           ,
           and
           be
           no
           
             more
             polluted
             by
          
           
           
             it
             then
             the
             Sunne
             beams
             by
             the
             dunghill
          
           on
           which
           they
           fall
           ;
           And
           against
           that
           doctrine
           of
           theirs
           it
           is
           that
           some
           interpret
           that
           of
           Saint
           
             John
             [
             that
             he
             which
             is
             born
             of
             God
             cannot
             sin
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             born
             of
             God
             ]
          
           that
           is
           ,
           cannot
           sinne
           upon
           that
           head
           or
           score
           ,
           to
           signifie
           that
           their
           
             being
             born
             of
             God
          
           can
           be
           no
           patent
           or
           security
           for
           their
           sinning
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             31
          
           As
           for
           the
           
             Nicolaitans
          
           which
           had
           their
           names
           from
           
             Nicholas
          
           the
           
             Deacon
          
           in
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             sensuall
          
           practices
           from
           his
           example
           (
           as
           might
           appear
           by
           the
           vile
           passages
           that
           Saint
           
             Jerome
          
           and
           others
           relate
           of
           him
           )
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           say
           more
           then
           what
           we
           find
           mentioned
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Apoc.
          
           2.
           as
           first
           ,
           that
           
             their
             works
             were
             odious
             to
             God
             ,
          
           vers.
           6.
           then
           secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           
             a
             sect
             of
             doctrine
             among
             Christians
          
           (
           as
           odious
           as
           it
           was
           )
           vers.
           15.
           and
           it
           will
           not
           be
           unseasonable
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           keep
           all
           
             Sectaries
          
           from
           the
           like
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           same
           doctrine
           that
           
             Balaam
          
           taught
           
             Balaac
             to
             bring
             the
             Israelites
             to
             a
             curse
             ,
          
           when
           nothing
           else
           could
           do
           it
           .
           vers.
           14.
           and
           that
           fourthly
           ,
           not
           onely
           specified
           in
           the
           story
           to
           be
           
             whoredome
             with
             the
             daughters
             of
             Moab
             ,
             Numb.
          
           25.
           but
           in
           this
           place
           particularly
           mentioned
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             eating
             things
             offered
             to
             Idols
             ,
             and
             fornication
             ;
          
           it
           seems
           the
           former
           of
           those
           ,
           the
           
             Idol-feasts
             ,
          
           was
           wont
           to
           be
           previous
           and
           preparatory
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           (
           and
           Saint
           
             Hieromes
          
           relation
           of
           
             Nicholas
          
           witnesseth
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           parallel
           )
           and
           therefore
           of
           the
           seven
           
             precepts
          
           of
           the
           
             Sonnes
             of
             Noah
             ,
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           Councell
           in
           the
           
             Acts
          
           (
           required
           
           of
           all
           
             proselytes
          
           that
           came
           in
           to
           
             Judaisme
             ,
          
           and
           so
           by
           way
           of
           
             complyance
          
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           prescribed
           to
           all
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           that
           became
           
             Christians
             )
          
           the
           two
           first
           were
           those
           of
           
             abstinence
             from
             meats
             offered
             to
             Idols
             ,
          
           and
           
             from
             fornication
             ,
             Acts
          
           15.
           29.
           and
           the
           former
           of
           them
           ,
           vers.
           20.
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             pollutions
             or
             abominable
             villanies
             in
             those
             Idol-worships
             ,
          
           as
           in
           
             Hesychius
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           exprest
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             participation
             of
             their
             abominable
          
           (
           or
           as
           he
           renders
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           
             unclean
             sacrifices
             ,
          
           and
           the
           second
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             fornication
             ,
          
           being
           all
           one
           with
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             de
             retectione
             nuditatum
             ,
          
           all
           uncleannesse
           in
           generall
           contains
           
             adultery
             ,
             incest
             ,
          
           and
           all
           
             unlawfull
             lusts
             .
          
           And
           that
           will
           give
           an
           account
           why
           those
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           should
           be
           so
           forbidden
           in
           the
           
             Acts
          
           (
           it
           seems
           for
           that
           danger
           of
           unclean
           sinnes
           so
           commonly
           annext
           to
           the
           
             Idol
             .
             feasts
             ,
          
           as
           will
           appear
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           106.
           28.
           and
           
             Numb.
          
           25.
           1.
           3.
           
           )
           and
           yet
           be
           counted
           of
           as
           perfectly
           
             indifferent
             things
          
           by
           Saint
           
             Paul
             1
             ,
             Cor.
             8.
             viz.
          
           being
           separated
           from
           all
           danger
           of
           that
           unclean
           appendage
           .
           Fifthly
           ,
           of
           these
           
             Nicolaitans
          
           works
           it
           is
           there
           added
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           they
           be
           
             straight
             reformed
             ,
             God
             will
             come
             quickly
             upon
             that
             Church
             of
             Pergamus
             ,
          
           vers.
           16.
           and
           that
           
             coming
          
           signifies
           a
           
             fatall
          
           blow
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           onely
           observable
           to
           have
           fallen
           upon
           the
           
             seven
             Nations
             ,
          
           on
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           ou
           most
           of
           the
           great
           
             Monarchies
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           the
           revenge
           of
           this
           provoking
           sinne
           ,
           
             (
             Idolatry
          
           thus
           heightned
           with
           this
           addition
           of
           
             villany
             )
          
           but
           even
           more
           then
           one
           of
           those
           seven
           
             Christian
             Churches
          
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           involved
           in
           that
           
             guilt
             ,
          
           and
           
             ruine
             ;
          
           even
           this
           of
           
             Pergamus
             ,
          
           and
           the
           next
           of
           
             Thyatira
             ,
          
           vers.
           20.
           which
           sinne
           being
           described
           by
           
             Jezabel
          
           making
           her self
           a
           Prophetesse
           ,
           and
           
             teaching
             and
             seducing
             Christians
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             to
             commit
             uncleannesse
             ,
             and
             to
             eat
             things
             offered
             to
             Idols
             ,
          
           (
           in
           the
           sence
           before
           mentioned
           )
           
             and
             by
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             depths
             of
             Satan
             ,
          
           vers.
           24.
           she
           is
           said
           to
           have
           
             time
          
           given
           her
           for
           the
           reformation
           of
           this
           villany
           ,
           vers.
           21.
           and
           not
           making
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           
             have
             been
             delivered
             up
             to
             destruction
             ,
          
           vers.
           22.
           
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             32
          
           All
           this
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           and
           might
           adde
           much
           more
           ,
           to
           clear
           this
           truth
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           such
           
             Idols
          
           for
           
             new
             converts
          
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           ,
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           such
           
             carnall
             Gospellers
             ,
          
           that
           retained
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Heathen
           
             Idolatries
             ,
          
           which
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           was
           most
           apt
           to
           be
           taken
           with
           ,
           when
           the
           worshiping
           of
           
             Images
          
           was
           cast
           out
           .
           And
           if
           that
           villainous
           piece
           of
           
             Heathenisme
          
           which
           (
           by
           Gods
           desertion
           ,
           and
           that
           thick
           long
           darknesse
           ,
           (
           wherein
           they
           lived
           )
           lay
           before
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           an
           hideous
           sinne
           at
           once
           and
           judgement
           on
           those
           barbarous
           times
           ,
           cannot
           yet
           (
           by
           sixteen
           hundred
           years
           of
           full
           light
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           Christs
           precepts
           for
           all
           kind
           of
           
             purity
          
           of
           the
           very
           
             heart
             )
          
           be
           exorcized
           ,
           or
           mortified
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           if
           still
           our
           ears
           are
           open
           to
           every
           sect
           of
           hypoctiticall
           professours
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           wild
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           
           that
           brings
           any
           liberty
           ,
           or
           proffer
           of
           carnality
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           then
           sure
           is
           the
           title
           of
           
             Christian
          
           but
           ill
           bestowed
           on
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           still
           the
           grossest
           
             Idolatours
          
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           so
           are
           in
           all
           reason
           to
           expect
           the
           most
           exemplary
           punishments
           ,
           which
           fell
           on
           them
           ,
           be
           it
           the
           portion
           of
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           a
           judgement
           rained
           down
           immediately
           ,
           a
           kind
           of
           
             fire
          
           and
           
             brimstone
          
           from
           heaven
           ,
           (
           such
           are
           our
           strange
           ,
           
             groundlesse
             ,
             irrationall
          
           destructions
           wrought
           upon
           one
           another
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           living
           can
           tell
           from
           whence
           they
           came
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           sure
           argument
           that
           there
           is
           somewhat
           of
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           in
           it
           ,
           either
           as
           that
           signifies
           the
           
             divine
          
           hand
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           visible
           in
           the
           judgement
           ,
           or
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifies
           also
           that
           
             *
          
           
             brimstony
             fire
          
           that
           comes
           with
           
             thunder
             )
          
           or
           be
           it
           the
           judgement
           that
           fell
           upon
           the
           Nations
           for
           those
           
             villanies
             ,
          
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             finall
             destruction
          
           of
           a
           profane
           polluted
           people
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             33
          
           Having
           gone
           thus
           farre
           in
           our
           inquest
           on
           occasion
           of
           the
           
             origination
          
           and
           
             use
          
           of
           the
           word
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           the
           
             old
          
           and
           
             new
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           found
           somewhat
           meant
           by
           it
           in
           the
           
             New
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           so
           vulgarly
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           to
           prevent
           a
           mistake
           ,
           and
           do
           therefore
           professe
           not
           to
           have
           designed
           these
           observations
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           that
           the
           sinne
           of
           
             Idolatry
          
           so
           declaimed
           at
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           should
           be
           thought
           to
           signifie
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           those
           acts
           of
           
             villany
          
           in
           the
           
             Heathen
             mysteries
             ;
          
           or
           because
           the
           
             worshiping
             of
             images
          
           is
           not
           so
           frequently
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           that
           therefore
           it
           should
           be
           no
           sinne
           now
           under
           the
           Gospell
           .
           That
           it
           is
           a
           grosse
           and
           provoking
           sinne
           in
           them
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           question
           ,
           and
           the
           affirmation
           of
           Text
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           
             communication
             or
             reconcileablenesse
             betwixt
             the
             Temple
             of
             God
             and
             Idols
             ,
             2.
             
             Corinth
             .
          
           6.
           16.
           and
           that
           the
           guilt
           of
           that
           sinne
           among
           the
           Nations
           worshiping
           those
           sencelesse
           Deities
           ,
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           it
           provoked
           God
           by
           way
           of
           just
           punishment
           
             to
             deliver
             them
             up
             to
             those
             infamous
             vile
             affections
             .
             Rom.
          
           1.
           
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             34
          
           I
           shall
           now
           therefore
           proceed
           from
           the
           more
           
             criticall
          
           to
           the
           
             reall
             materiall
          
           part
           of
           the
           discourse
           ,
           and
           inquire
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           that
           sinne
           ,
           merely
           as
           it
           is
           a
           
             worship
             of
             Idols
             ,
             or
             images
             .
          
           In
           which
           matter
           you
           may
           first
           observe
           some
           considerable
           difference
           between
           the
           two
           sorts
           of
           
             resemblances
             ,
          
           which
           have
           been
           usuall
           among
           men
           .
           Some
           
             extantes
             ,
             corporeall
          
           figures
           
             standing
             out
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           statues
           ,
           
             graven
             images
             ;
          
           others
           onely
           
             representations
             ,
          
           or
           
             pictures
             ,
             painted
          
           on
           windows
           ,
           tables
           ,
           chalices
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           former
           of
           these
           were
           most
           used
           by
           (
           because
           fittest
           for
           the
           turns
           of
           )
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           being
           by
           them
           (
           through
           the
           commodiousnesse
           and
           advantage
           of
           their
           
             bodily
          
           shapes
           )
           conceived
           to
           be
           more
           capable
           of
           
             animation
          
           by
           those
           gods
           of
           which
           they
           were
           the
           resemblances
           .
           Thus
           is
           it
           the
           known
           divinity
           of
           
             *
          
           
             Trismegistus
          
           (
           or
           some
           body
           in
           his
           disguise
           )
           that
           
             Statues
          
           or
           
             Simulachra
             were
             the
             bodies
             of
             their
             gods
             ,
          
           who
           by
           some
           magicall
           ceremonies
           of
           consecration
           (
           whence
           it
           
           seems
           to
           be
           that
           ,
           
             Galath.
             5.
             
             Apoc
             ,
          
           1.
           22.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             sorceries
             ,
          
           are
           joyned
           with
           
             idolatries
             )
          
           were
           forced
           to
           
             *
          
           joyn
           themselves
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           
             animate
          
           them
           ,
           to
           assume
           ,
           and
           inhabit
           those
           earthen
           bodies
           as
           it
           were
           .
           To
           which
           fancie
           perhaps
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           may
           relate
           ,
           when
           he
           tels
           the
           
             Christians
          
           that
           their
           
             bodies
             are
             the
             Temples
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           that
           God
           is
           powerfully
           in
           them
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           those
           dumbe
           images
           .
           And
           
             *
          
           
             Proclus
          
           relates
           it
           as
           their
           opinion
           generally
           ,
           that
           
             the
             gods
             were
             by
             their
             favour
             and
             help
             present
             in
             their
             images
             ,
          
           and
           thereon
           is
           grounded
           the
           old
           relation
           of
           the
           
             Tyrians
             ,
          
           who
           on
           a
           fear
           that
           
             Apollo
          
           would
           forsake
           them
           ,
           
             bound
          
           his
           image
           fast
           with
           
             golden
             Chains
             ,
          
           and
           that
           other
           of
           the
           
             Athenians
          
           who
           
             clipt
             the
             wings
             of
             the
             image
             of
             victory
             ,
          
           that
           she
           might
           not
           fly
           away
           from
           them
           .
           And
           so
           the
           
             Sicilians
          
           in
           
             *
          
           
             Cicero
          
           complaining
           that
           they
           had
           no
           gods
           in
           their
           
             Isle
             ,
          
           give
           this
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           
             Verres
          
           had
           taken
           away
           all
           their
           
             Statues
             .
          
           And
           so
           the
           
             Idol
          
           thus
           raised
           above
           its
           naturall
           pitch
           by
           bringing
           down
           some
           
             aethereall
             spirit
          
           into
           it
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           the
           
             god
          
           whose
           
             image
          
           it
           was
           )
           became
           a
           
             god
          
           in
           their
           opinion
           ,
           and
           was
           thought
           able
           to
           hear
           ,
           see
           ,
           speak
           ,
           help
           ,
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           belonged
           to
           a
           Deity
           .
           Thus
           doth
           
             Nero
          
           in
           
             Suetonius
          
           pretend
           to
           know
           things
           to
           come
           by
           the
           instruction
           of
           such
           an
           
             icuncula
          
           or
           
             little
             image
             .
          
           So
           
             Trismegistus
          
           tels
           us
           of
           speaking
           Images
           ,
           and
           
             Historians
          
           the
           like
           of
           
             Memnons
             Statues
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             Labans
             Teraphim
             ,
          
           being
           supposed
           to
           have
           had
           a
           spirit
           included
           in
           them
           ,
           went
           for
           
             Labans
             gods
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           not
           improbable
           by
           the
           Text
           that
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           Calf
           was
           by
           them
           thus
           counted
           of
           ,
           as
           an
           
             image
          
           which
           upon
           
             Aarons
          
           consecration
           was
           thus
           animated
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           fit
           
             to
             go
             before
             them
             ,
          
           to
           be
           their
           conductour
           in
           
             Moses
          
           absence
           ,
           whom
           they
           knew
           to
           be
           moved
           and
           directed
           by
           God
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             35
          
           It
           is
           clear
           ,
           this
           
             Calf
             ,
          
           these
           
             gods
          
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           were
           by
           them
           desired
           to
           supply
           
             Moses
             place
             ,
          
           and
           though
           the
           conjecture
           be
           not
           improbable
           ,
           that
           the
           figure
           of
           it
           was
           the
           same
           with
           the
           figure
           of
           a
           
             Cherub
          
           (
           which
           God
           after
           appointed
           to
           be
           in
           the
           
             Tabernacle
             ,
             Exod.
          
           25.
           18.
           and
           of
           which
           it
           is
           possible
           
             Aaron
          
           might
           then
           have
           some
           intimation
           )
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           comparing
           
             Ezek
             ,
          
           1.
           10.
           with
           chap.
           10.
           14.
           where
           that
           which
           is
           the
           
             face
             of
             an
             Oxe
             ,
          
           or
           Calf
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           is
           the
           
             face
             of
             a
             Cherub
          
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           resemblance
           in
           reference
           to
           
             Josephs
          
           providing
           for
           the
           
             Egyptians
             ,
          
           and
           also
           for
           his
           father
           and
           brethren
           in
           the
           famine
           (
           whereupon
           his
           
             scutchion
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           an
           
             Oxe
             ,
          
           agreeable
           to
           that
           prophecy
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           33.
           7.
           his
           
             glory
             is
             like
             the
             firstling
             of
             a
             bullock
             ,
          
           as
           
             Minutius
          
           for
           his
           care
           of
           feeding
           the
           souldiers
           in
           a
           dearth
           was
           honoured
           by
           the
           Romanes
           with
           a
           golden
           Oxe
           ,
           
             Liv.
             l.
          
           4.
           and
           as
           
             Suidas
          
           relates
           of
           
             King
             Apis
          
           that
           he
           fed
           the
           
             Alexandrians
          
           in
           a
           famine
           ,
           and
           therefore
           was
           honoured
           after
           death
           with
           a
           
             Temple
          
           and
           an
           
             Ox
          
           in
           it
           )
           yet
           was
           this
           
             image
             worshipt
          
           by
           them
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           
           
             sacrificall
          
           feast
           and
           celebration
           )
           and
           so
           used
           just
           as
           the
           
             Egyptian
             Idols
             ,
          
           which
           were
           accounted
           as
           so
           many
           gods
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           question
           which
           is
           ordinarily
           made
           ,
           [
           whether
           the
           Israelites
           
             worship
             this
             Calf
             ,
          
           or
           onely
           
             God
             in
             this
             Calf
             ]
          
           may
           well
           enough
           be
           superseded
           ,
           and
           the
           resolution
           be
           sufficiently
           clear
           ,
           that
           they
           worship
           not
           
             God
          
           onely
           ,
           but
           the
           
             idol-calf
          
           also
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           I
           am
           sure
           their
           successors
           have
           conceived
           ,
           which
           talk
           so
           much
           of
           
             a
             grain
          
           of
           the
           
             Calf
          
           in
           every
           judgement
           they
           have
           suffered
           ever
           since
           )
           and
           so
           doted
           upon
           the
           specious
           
             Idol
             .
          
           and
           were
           transported
           with
           their
           sensuall
           way
           of
           worshiping
           it
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           quickly
           almost
           lost
           ,
           and
           forgotten
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
             their
             heart
             going
             back
             into
             Egypt
             ,
          
           where
           such
           like
           images
           had
           been
           in
           fashion
           and
           were
           wont
           to
           be
           worshiped
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             36
          
           What
           is
           now
           said
           of
           this
           will
           belong
           also
           to
           the
           erection
           of
           
             Jeroboams
             Calves
             ;
          
           of
           which
           though
           it
           may
           not
           be
           improbable
           ,
           that
           they
           also
           were
           the
           imitation
           of
           the
           
             images
             of
             the
             Cherubim
          
           in
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           same
           of
           setting
           them
           up
           in
           
             Dan
          
           and
           
             Bethel
          
           an
           act
           of
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           designed
           on
           purpose
           by
           
             Jeroboam
          
           to
           keep
           open
           the
           great
           division
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Kings
          
           12.
           26.
           yet
           was
           it
           not
           the
           guilt
           of
           
             Schisme
          
           alone
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           was
           lyable
           ,
           (
           as
           
             *
          
           
             Moncaeus
          
           hath
           laboured
           to
           perswade
           )
           but
           having
           an
           addition
           of
           
             sacrificing
             to
             those
             Calves
          
           also
           ,
           vers.
           32.
           and
           the
           proclamation
           of
           
             [
             Behold
             thy
             gods
             ,
             O
             Israel
             ,
             which
             brought
             thee
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ]
          
           vers.
           28.
           (
           which
           intimates
           them
           to
           be
           set
           out
           by
           him
           to
           the
           people
           for
           so
           many
           
             animated
             inspirited
             images
             )
          
           no
           question
           but
           the
           guilt
           of
           
             Idolatry
          
           belonged
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           divine
           censure
           and
           character
           of
           
             Jeroboams
          
           sinne
           (
           that
           stuck
           so
           close
           to
           his
           posterity
           )
           importeth
           also
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             37
          
           The
           other
           
             pictures
          
           which
           are
           called
           
             dimissae
             ,
             depressae
             ,
             a
             plain
             painting
          
           on
           a
           table
           ,
           &c.
           without
           any
           
             protuberancy
             ,
          
           or
           
             bunching
             ,
          
           were
           not
           by
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           thought
           so
           capable
           of
           receiving
           that
           
             animation
             .
          
           The
           distinction
           is
           
             Maimons
             ;
          
           the
           first
           he
           calleth
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             protuberant
             image
             ,
          
           the
           other
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           
             depresse
             ,
          
           either
           drawn
           on
           a
           table
           in
           
             colours
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           or
           weaved
           in
           
             hangings
             .
          
           The
           former
           of
           these
           and
           not
           the
           latter
           ,
           was
           it
           which
           was
           so
           strictly
           forbidden
           the
           
             Jews
          
           (
           and
           accounted
           as
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           of
           
             polytheisme
             ,
          
           a
           token
           of
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           many
           
             gods
             ,
          
           (
           a
           
             discriminative
          
           note
           between
           the
           worshipers
           of
           the
           
             one
          
           true
           ,
           and
           the
           
             many
             false
          
           Deities
           )
           because
           of
           that
           
             Heathen
          
           opinion
           ,
           that
           such
           statues
           ,
           or
           
             protuberant
          
           pictures
           were
           by
           
             magick
             made
             capable
          
           of
           these
           
             ethereall
             spirits
             ;
          
           an
           abuse
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           
             depresse
             pictures
          
           were
           not
           so
           capable
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           (
           not
           without
           reason
           )
           that
           learned
           men
           that
           conceive
           the
           second
           commandment
           to
           prohibit
           none
           but
           the
           former
           (
           peculiarly
           the
           
             graven
             image
             )
          
           and
           to
           that
           purpose
           reade
           that
           which
           follows
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           
             explication
             ,
          
           not
           of
           
             disjunction
             ,
             [
             graven
             image
             ,
             the
             likenesse
             ]
          
           &c.
           (
           as
           it
           is
           
             Deut.
          
           5.
           8.
           in
           the
           
             Hebrew
             ,
          
           
           not
           ,
           
             [
             or
             the
             likenesse
             ]
          
           do
           extend
           it
           even
           to
           the
           
             making
             ,
          
           or
           
             having
          
           any
           such
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             38
          
           Thus
           ,
           saith
           
             *
          
           
             Maimon
             .
          
           it
           is
           forbidden
           to
           make
           
             images
          
           though
           it
           be
           onely
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             for
             ornament
             ;
          
           but
           then
           that
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           
             images
             ,
          
           that
           
             bunch
             out
             ,
          
           or
           are
           
             embossed
             ;
          
           but
           for
           the
           
             painted
          
           or
           
             woven
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           they
           are
           not
           unlawfull
           :
           and
           he
           specifics
           very
           nicely
           that
           a
           
             ring
          
           that
           hath
           for
           a
           
             seal
          
           the
           figure
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           
             gibbous
             ,
          
           or
           swelling
           out
           ,
           is
           not
           it self
           lawfull
           to
           be
           
             worne
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           it
           is
           
             lawfull
             to
             seal
          
           with
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           
             impression
             ,
          
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           is
           
             hollow
             ,
          
           not
           swelling
           out
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           otherside
           if
           the
           seal
           be
           
             depresse
             ,
          
           or
           
             hollow
             ,
          
           it
           is
           lawfull
           to
           
             weare
             ,
          
           but
           not
           to
           seal
           with
           it
           .
           chap.
           3.
           
           §
           .
           13.
           
           It
           is
           true
           this
           he
           restrains
           again
           ,
           that
           none
           (
           in
           this
           matter
           onely
           for
           
             ornament
             )
          
           is
           forbidden
           ,
           but
           the
           figure
           of
           a
           
             man
             ;
          
           but
           others
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           words
           of
           the
           second
           command
           ,
           extend
           it
           to
           the
           prohibition
           of
           all
           living
           
             creatures
          
           also
           ,
           (
           onely
           the
           inanimate
           ,
           such
           was
           the
           
             Golden
             Vine
          
           in
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           were
           excepted
           ,
           )
           And
           truly
           it
           seemeth
           very
           probable
           ,
           that
           to
           the
           Jews
           it
           was
           (
           whether
           by
           the
           force
           of
           the
           second
           
             commandment
             ,
          
           or
           by
           some
           
             precept
          
           elsewhere
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           
             Tradition
             of
             the
             Elders
             ,
          
           I
           say
           not
           )
           conceived
           utterly
           unlawfull
           to
           
             have
          
           any
           such
           
             images
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           their
           
             Temples
          
           or
           
             places
          
           of
           worship
           (
           unlesse
           in
           case
           of
           Gods
           
             particular
          
           command
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Cherubim
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             brazen
             Serpent
             )
          
           yea
           and
           to
           bow
           in
           their
           
             presence
             in
             any
             place
             ;
          
           for
           this
           will
           
             Maimons
          
           stating
           the
           severall
           cases
           convince
           to
           have
           been
           his
           opinion
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           he
           conceived
           ,
           the
           constant
           doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             .
          
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           are
           appointed
           to
           be
           
             broken
             down
             ,
             Exod.
          
           34.
           13
           :
           and
           examples
           there
           are
           of
           the
           peoples
           practice
           that
           way
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           story
           of
           
             Herods
             Trophies
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Eagle
          
           set
           up
           by
           him
           over
           the
           gate
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           other
           particulars
           ;
           And
           the
           
             Greek
             Church
          
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           though
           it
           hath
           
             pictures
          
           good
           store
           ,
           yet
           I
           think
           it
           hath
           none
           of
           these
           
             embossed
             Statues
          
           allowed
           in
           it
           (
           which
           yet
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           use
           promiscuously
           ,
           yea
           and
           clothe
           and
           adorn
           them
           too
           ,
           and
           conceive
           not
           themselves
           to
           sin
           against
           any
           commandment
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           not
           
             worship
          
           them
           .
           )
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             39
          
           The
           
             reason
          
           of
           this
           prohibition
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           is
           by
           
             Maimonides
          
           again
           cleared
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           for
           any
           
             naturall
          
           primitive
           sinfulnesse
           in
           an
           
             image
          
           of
           a
           man
           &c.
           but
           onely
           for
           
             caution
             ,
          
           (
           and
           therefore
           
             within
             the
             vail
          
           whither
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           people
           were
           not
           permitted
           to
           enter
           ,
           God
           himself
           appoints
           the
           
             Cherubims
          
           to
           be
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           
             Solomon
          
           graved
           
             Cherubims
          
           upon
           the
           walls
           of
           the
           
             greater
             house
             ,
             2.
             Chron.
          
           3.
           7.
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           
             body
          
           of
           the
           
             Temple
          
           I
           conceive
           ,
           because
           none
           but
           the
           
             Priests
          
           did
           come
           in
           thither
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           1.
           8
           ,
           9.
           )
           to
           
             hedge
          
           and
           keep
           them
           from
           all
           
             danger
          
           of
           falling
           into
           the
           
             Heathen
             worships
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           the
           obligation
           of
           the
           words
           of
           that
           
             Text
             ,
             Exod.
             34.
             12.
             beware
          
           &c.
           
             lest
             it
             be
             a
             snare
             unto
             thee
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             
               §
            
             40
          
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           further
           resolved
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           images
           were
           unlawfull
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           and
           perhaps
           none
           but
           these
           .
           )
           Wch
           
             Idolatours
             used
          
           in
           their
           
             worship
             ;
          
           and
           so
           the
           specifying
           of
           the
           three
           sorts
           in
           the
           
             Commandment
          
           may
           argue
           ,
           
             [
             the
             things
             in
             heaven
             ,
             in
             earth
             ,
             in
             the
             waters
             ]
             ,
          
           from
           each
           of
           which
           the
           severall
           follies
           of
           men
           had
           fetched
           their
           Deities
           .
           To
           instance
           onely
           in
           the
           
             last
          
           and
           lowest
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Crocodiles
          
           in
           the
           river
           were
           so
           accounted
           of
           among
           the
           
             Egyptians
          
           is
           clear
           (
           among
           many
           other
           )
           by
           one
           notable
           relation
           in
           
             Max.
             Tyr.
             
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           There
           was
           a
           woman
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           in
           
             Egypt
          
           that
           nursed
           up
           a
           young
           
             Crocodile
             ,
          
           and
           was
           counted
           a
           mighty
           happy
           person
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             as
             one
             that
             had
             brought
             her
             God
             to
             hand
             ,
          
           and
           kept
           it
           tame
           by
           her
           ;
           this
           woman
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           had
           a
           sonne
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             of
             the
             age
             of
             the
             God
             ,
          
           and
           when
           they
           grew
           up
           to
           some
           bignesse
           ,
           the
           
             Crocodile
          
           killed
           and
           devoured
           the
           child
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             she
             in
             her
             mourning
             for
             her
             sonne
             pronounced
             him
             blest
             in
             this
             death
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             thus
             offered
             up
             a
             present
             to
             her
             domestick
             God
             .
          
           And
           they
           which
           could
           worship
           such
           
             wild
          
           vulture
           
             Gods
             ,
          
           could
           not
           much
           be
           blamed
           ,
           if
           they
           
             deified
          
           every
           
             onion
          
           in
           the
           
             garden
             ,
          
           much
           more
           every
           starre
           in
           the
           skie
           ,
           which
           sure
           deserved
           their
           acknowledgement
           much
           better
           then
           the
           
             vulture
          
           of
           the
           
             sea
          
           the
           
             Crocodile
             ,
             had
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             41
          
           Agreeable
           to
           this
           interdict
           of
           
             Caution
          
           among
           the
           
             Jews
          
           (
           extended
           onely
           to
           those
           images
           which
           were
           so
           abused
           by
           the
           
             Heathens
             )
          
           is
           the
           designe
           of
           those
           
             Homilies
          
           in
           our
           book
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             peril
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           which
           though
           they
           acknowledge
           that
           *
           
             images
             be
             of
             themselves
             things
             indifferent
             ,
          
           and
           that
           *
           
             men
             are
             not
             so
             ready
             to
             worship
             a
             picture
             on
             a
             wall
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             window
             ,
             as
             an
             embossed
             and
             gilt
             image
             set
             with
             pearl
             and
             stone
             ,
             and
          
           professe
           (
           in
           the
           
           beginning
           of
           the
           third
           part
           of
           the
           Homily
           )
           that
           
             all
             which
             is
             said
             ,
             is
             thus
             meant
             ,
             [
             in
             that
             we
             be
             stirred
             and
             provoked
             by
             images
             to
             worship
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             though
             they
             were
             simply
             forbidden
             by
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
             without
             such
             occasion
             and
             danger
             ]
             and
             count
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             Superstition
             ,
             and
             scrupulosity
             to
             abhorre
             all
             pictures
             ,
             as
             images
             of
             princes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             which
             ,
             saith
             that
             Homily
             ,
             Christ
             saw
             on
             the
             Romane
             coyns
             and
             reprehended
             them
             not
             ,
             nor
             condemned
             the
             art
             of
             painting
             and
             image-making
             as
             wicked
             of
             themselves
             ,
          
           p.
           44.
           yet
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             frequency
          
           of
           that
           sinne
           in
           those
           times
           of
           the
           so
           eminent
           
             danger
          
           that
           
             images
          
           in
           Churches
           would
           be
           
             worshiped
             ,
          
           and
           all
           possible
           means
           would
           not
           be
           probable
           to
           secure
           the
           
             use
          
           of
           them
           against
           that
           
             danger
             ,
          
           they
           do
           with
           great
           earnestnesse
           exhort
           the
           not
           setting
           them
           up
           ,
           especially
           in
           
             countrey
             Churches
             ,
          
           where
           the
           number
           of
           the
           ignorant
           may
           much
           enhaunce
           that
           danger
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           that
           in
           the
           
             Articles
          
           of
           our
           Church
           we
           make
           acknowledgement
           of
           that
           whole
           book
           of
           
             Homilies
             ,
          
           that
           they
           were
           
             usefull
          
           and
           
             profitable
             for
             those
             times
             ,
          
           wherein
           (
           being
           so
           lately
           
           gotten
           out
           of
           Popery
           where
           
             image-worship
          
           was
           so
           ordinary
           )
           the
           danger
           was
           so
           great
           of
           falling
           back
           ,
           upon
           every
           temptation
           ,
           to
           that
           sinne
           .
           And
           though
           the
           
             Homilies
          
           be
           wary
           and
           carefull
           to
           prevent
           another
           contrary
           danger
           ,
           
             lest
             any
             private
             persons
             under
             colour
             of
             destroying
             images
             should
             make
             any
             stirre
             or
             disturbance
             in
             the
             common-wealth
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           addeth
           
             *
          
           
             that
             it
             must
             alwayes
             be
             remembred
             that
             the
             redresse
             of
             such
             publick
             enormities
             pertaineth
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             be
             in
             authority
             onely
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             private
             persons
             ,
          
           yet
           to
           those
           whose
           duty
           it
           is
           to
           take
           care
           for
           the
           people
           that
           they
           be
           
             godly
             as
             well
             as
             quietly
             governed
             ,
          
           the
           exhortation
           is
           very
           instantly
           pressed
           ,
           that
           (
           after
           the
           pattern
           of
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           they
           perform
           this
           part
           of
           their
           duty
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           as
           
             Hezekiah
          
           did
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           
             brazen
             Serpent
             ,
          
           so
           the
           
             Magistrate
          
           whensoever
           he
           sees
           images
           to
           be
           abused
           ,
           or
           the
           people
           apt
           to
           worship
           them
           ,
           think
           himself
           obliged
           in
           conscience
           to
           appoint
           them
           to
           be
           removed
           in
           care
           of
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           good
           .
           And
           this
           is
           certainly
           very
           good
           and
           wholesome
           
             doctrine
             ,
          
           and
           nothing
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           then
           that
           he
           which
           is
           defendour
           of
           the
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           should
           take
           care
           to
           defend
           the
           impotent
           seducible
           weakling
           (
           I
           mean
           not
           the
           railer
           at
           
             images
             ,
          
           who
           sure
           is
           of
           all
           others
           the
           safest
           from
           that
           danger
           of
           
             worshiping
             them
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           disclaims
           any
           want
           of
           that
           fatherly
           
             caution
             ,
             )
          
           from
           such
           
             imminent
             peril
          
           (
           when
           any
           such
           there
           is
           )
           of
           this
           
             image-worship
             .
          
           And
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Supreme
           
             Magistrates
             charge
             ,
          
           and
           belongs
           not
           to
           any
           inferiour
           ,
           further
           then
           to
           execuse
           what
           he
           commands
           ,
           might
           be
           evidenced
           from
           the
           doctrine
           and
           
             censures
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           
             iconoclastae
             ,
          
           if
           it
           were
           now
           pertinent
           .
           To
           this
           I
           shall
           onely
           adde
           (
           that
           which
           I
           conceive
           other
           mens
           experience
           of
           themselves
           will
           incline
           them
           to
           believe
           )
           that
           the
           
             worship
             of
             images
          
           or
           any
           thing
           but
           
             God
             ,
          
           is
           not
           a
           thing
           to
           which
           
             English
             Protestants
          
           for
           these
           late
           years
           (
           especially
           the
           
             Catechized
          
           and
           knowing
           )
           have
           generally
           had
           any
           strong
           
             temptations
             ,
          
           at
           least
           not
           such
           in
           any
           comparison
           ,
           as
           immediately
           after
           the
           
             reformation
             ,
          
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           (
           before
           used
           to
           such
           
             ignorant
             vanities
             )
          
           were
           subject
           to
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           many
           men
           that
           have
           frequented
           
             Churches
             ,
          
           and
           places
           where
           
             pictures
          
           have
           been
           ,
           can
           sincerely
           upon
           examination
           of
           their
           memories
           ,
           say
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           ever
           found
           themselves
           under
           any
           
             inclination
          
           or
           danger
           of
           falling
           into
           any
           act
           of
           
             image-worship
             .
          
           Which
           consideration
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           cannot
           but
           perswade
           my self
           it
           is
           )
           will
           take
           off
           much
           from
           the
           necessity
           of
           continuing
           those
           strict
           cautions
           (
           of
           not
           permitting
           any
           kind
           of
           
             image
          
           in
           any
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           )
           which
           some
           other
           
             times
          
           or
           
             inclinations
          
           of
           men
           might
           make
           more
           necessary
           ,
           and
           consequently
           take
           off
           much
           from
           the
           
             odium
          
           which
           the
           way
           of
           
             adorning
             some
             Churches
          
           with
           
             imagery
          
           hath
           lately
           laine
           under
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               §
            
             48
          
           What
           was
           said
           of
           having
           embossed
           
             images
          
           among
           the
           Jews
           may
           be
           enlarged
           also
           to
           bodily
           
             gestures
             ,
          
           whether
           
             religious
          
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           
             civil
          
           to
           our
           superiours
           ,
           in
           any
           place
           where
           images
           are
           ;
           for
           both
           these
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           interdicted
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           at
           least
           by
           them
           to
           have
           been
           accounted
           unlawfull
           (
           as
           will
           at
           large
           appear
           by
           
             Maimonides
          
           in
           the
           book
           forecited
           )
           though
           the
           heart
           were
           never
           so
           farre
           from
           
             worshiping
          
           the
           
             images
             .
          
           But
           then
           though
           the
           
             Jews
          
           were
           under
           that
           strict
           restraint
           ,
           yet
           
             aliens
             ,
             proselytes
             ,
          
           of
           other
           nations
           ,
           were
           not
           bound
           to
           that
           strictnesse
           ;
           but
           
             Naaman
          
           is
           permitted
           by
           the
           prophet
           to
           
             go
             with
             his
          
           Heathen
           
             Master
             into
             the
             house
             of
             Rimmon
             ,
          
           and
           (
           when
           the
           Master
           
             worships
             there
             ,
             and
             leans
             upon
             his
             hand
             )
             to
             now
             himself
             in
             the
             house
             of
             Rimmon
             ,
             2
             Kings
          
           5.
           18.
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           went
           into
           the
           
             Idol-temple
             ,
          
           but
           to
           wait
           upon
           his
           Master
           in
           the
           office
           which
           he
           had
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           he
           professed
           himself
           to
           all
           ,
           (
           even
           to
           that
           heathen
           Master
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           in
           his
           Court
           )
           to
           be
           a
           worshiper
           of
           none
           but
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           carried
           two
           mule-loads
           of
           earth
           out
           of
           Palestine
           with
           him
           ,
           v.
           17.
           in
           honour
           of
           him
           whose
           
             name
             was
             great
             there
             ,
          
           and
           to
           build
           an
           
             Altar
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           prescript
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           20.
           24.
           by
           which
           it
           was
           sufficiently
           clear
           to
           the
           beholders
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           an
           interpretative
           protestation
           )
           that
           ,
           when
           his
           
             Master
             worshiped
             ,
          
           he
           onely
           
             bowed
             ,
          
           and
           then
           his
           
             bowing
          
           was
           onely
           
             civil
          
           to
           his
           
             Master
             the
             King
             ,
          
           not
           
             religious
          
           to
           
             Rimmon
             or
             Saturn
             ,
          
           or
           his
           image
           there
           ;
           And
           therefore
           to
           his
           question
           whether
           God
           will
           be
           offended
           with
           him
           in
           
             that
             matter
             ,
          
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           answers
           him
           with
           a
           
             [
             go
             in
             peace
             .
             ]
          
           I
           cannot
           think
           so
           irreverently
           of
           the
           
             Prophet
             ,
          
           as
           that
           he
           should
           make
           that
           answer
           
             ironically
          
           to
           his
           new
           
             convert
          
           (
           any
           more
           then
           I
           can
           believe
           
             Naamans
          
           scruple
           belonged
           onely
           to
           the
           former
           part
           of
           his
           life
           (
           reading
           it
           in
           the
           praeter
           sense
           )
           for
           sure
           that
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           the
           
             worshiping
             the
             Idol
             ,
          
           and
           not
           onely
           
             bowing
             in
             the
             house
             of
             Rimmon
             )
          
           but
           that
           he
           meant
           in
           earnest
           ,
           what
           alone
           the
           words
           import
           ,
           that
           in
           thus
           doing
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           he
           need
           not
           fear
           that
           he
           should
           be
           a
           breaker
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           particular
           was
           not
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           but
           those
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           or
           people
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             ;
          
           For
           it
           is
           an
           ordinary
           observation
           ,
           that
           
             Gentiles
          
           or
           aliens
           were
           received
           in
           among
           the
           Jews
           under
           a
           double
           capacity
           ,
           either
           as
           
             Proselytes
             of
             Justices
             ,
          
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           whole
           
             Judaicall
          
           law
           ,
           to
           every
           
             rite
          
           and
           
             positive
             precept
          
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           onely
           as
           
             Proselytes
             of
             the
             Gates
          
           (
           and
           such
           was
           
             Naaman
             )
          
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           seven
           
             precepts
             of
             the
             Sonnes
             of
             Adam
             and
             Noah
          
           (
           and
           no
           more
           )
           among
           which
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             of
             the
             strange
             worship
             ,
             or
             Idolatry
          
           was
           one
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           necessity
           imposed
           on
           them
           of
           casting
           off
           the
           
             Idol
             .
             worship
             ,
          
           but
           not
           of
           not
           
             bowing
             to
             the
             King
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             an
             Idol
             ,
          
           unlesse
           the
           case
           were
           of
           such
           a
           gesture
           that
           in
           that
           
             nation
          
           were
           performed
           to
           none
           but
           the
           
             deity
          
           in
           
             worship
          
           (
           the
           reason
           that
           the
           
             Grecians
          
           refused
           once
           to
           bow
           to
           the
           
           
             Persian
          
           King
           ,
           because
           that
           reverence
           was
           there
           performed
           to
           none
           but
           
             God
             )
          
           which
           was
           not
           the
           manner
           then
           in
           
             Syria
             ,
          
           but
           veneration
           and
           even
           prostration
           paid
           to
           the
           
             King
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             God
             .
          
           Thus
           much
           I
           have
           said
           on
           occasion
           of
           the
           first
           sort
           of
           
             Images
             ,
          
           the
           
             embossed
          
           and
           
             protuberant
          
           among
           the
           
             Jews
             ;
          
           and
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           descend
           to
           a
           more
           particular
           survey
           of
           the
           second
           sort
           ,
           it
           being
           already
           manifest
           that
           the
           reason
           that
           prevailed
           to
           prohibit
           the
           very
           
             having
          
           the
           former
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           did
           not
           even
           in
           their
           opinion
           extend
           unto
           the
           latter
           .
           And
           for
           
             worshiping
             ,
          
           though
           the
           latter
           were
           not
           among
           them
           so
           likely
           to
           occasion
           that
           sinne
           ,
           yet
           if
           any
           Jew
           should
           have
           been
           so
           mad
           to
           worship
           any
           such
           image
           ,
           the
           
             sinne
          
           it
           is
           acknowledged
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           as
           great
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           committed
           with
           the
           
             grosser
             corporeous
          
           object
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           it
           hold
           infallibly
           among
           all
           others
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             43
          
           Thus
           farre
           have
           I
           gone
           on
           the
           ancient
           old
           Testament
           notion
           of
           an
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Idolatry
          
           forbidden
           there
           .
           It
           may
           now
           be
           fit
           to
           proceed
           one
           step
           further
           ,
           and
           to
           enquire
           whether
           there
           may
           not
           possibly
           be
           in
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
             ,
          
           such
           a
           sinne
           as
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           whether
           he
           that
           acknowledges
           the
           
             Christians
          
           God
           ,
           and
           worships
           no
           heathen
           
             Deity
             ,
          
           much
           lesse
           
             image
          
           of
           such
           ,
           may
           not
           yet
           possibly
           fall
           into
           that
           sinne
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           as
           that
           signifies
           
             worshiping
          
           somewhat
           else
           beside
           the
           
             invisible
             God
             ,
          
           be
           it
           an
           
             image
             of
             God
             ,
          
           or
           else
           a
           
             Saint
             ,
          
           or
           
             Angel
             ,
          
           or
           somewhat
           else
           clothed
           in
           some
           respect
           or
           relation
           to
           
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             44
          
           And
           here
           will
           be
           no
           necessitie
           or
           use
           of
           drawing
           a
           formall
           charge
           (
           in
           this
           matter
           )
           against
           any
           particular
           man
           or
           Church
           ,
           or
           possibility
           of
           defining
           (
           from
           
             books
          
           especially
           )
           which
           (
           or
           whether
           any
           whole
           )
           Church
           or
           sort
           of
           Christians
           at
           this
           day
           )
           are
           guilty
           of
           this
           sinne
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           that
           the
           
             writings
          
           of
           
             prudent
          
           men
           will
           be
           so
           cautious
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           accuse
           themselves
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           as
           even
           now
           I
           gave
           you
           an
           example
           from
           
             Maximus
             Tyrius
          
           a
           
             Platonick
          
           heathen
           in
           the
           description
           of
           it
           among
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           Yet
           because
           
             *
          
           some
           number
           of
           sober
           men
           which
           have
           lived
           in
           the
           
             Romane
          
           Communion
           hath
           given
           me
           occasion
           ,
           I
           shall
           interpose
           my
           wish
           ,
           that
           the
           care
           which
           by
           their
           writers
           is
           taken
           for
           excuse
           of
           the
           
             doctrine
          
           of
           the
           learned
           ,
           were
           used
           for
           the
           directing
           and
           examining
           of
           the
           
             practices
          
           of
           the
           
             ignorant
          
           also
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           therefore
           set
           down
           in
           
             thesi
          
           what
           may
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           grounds
           laid
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           conclude
           a
           
             Christian
          
           guilty
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           and
           leave
           every
           mans
           own
           conscience
           (
           and
           among
           all
           others
           the
           
             Romanists
             )
          
           to
           examine
           ,
           and
           as
           occasion
           shall
           be
           ,
           to
           accuse
           himself
           ,
           and
           every
           
             Christian
          
           to
           
             advise
          
           and
           
             exhort
          
           (
           but
           withall
           to
           abstain
           as
           much
           as
           is
           possible
           from
           
             judging
             )
          
           other
           men
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             46
          
           And
           first
           ,
           I
           conceive
           that
           he
           that
           (
           by
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           action
           )
           attributes
           to
           
           any
           
             creature
             ,
          
           particularly
           to
           an
           
             Angel
             ,
          
           those
           things
           which
           belong
           peculiarly
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           though
           he
           acknowledge
           
             the
             true
             God
             ,
          
           is
           yet
           guilty
           of
           that
           sinne
           ,
           as
           truly
           as
           those
           Heathens
           that
           worshiped
           the
           creature
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           beside
           the
           Creatour
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           1.
           that
           is
           ,
           
             worshiped
             God
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             God
          
           onely
           .
           (
           Thus
           the
           
             Arrians
          
           were
           condemned
           of
           
             idolatry
             ,
          
           that
           affirming
           
             Christ
          
           to
           be
           a
           
             creature
          
           and
           not
           
             God
             incarnate
             ,
          
           they
           did
           yet
           bestow
           divine
           honour
           
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           
             Nestorius
          
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           and
           his
           followers
           styled
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             man-worshipers
             ,
          
           and
           both
           these
           sentences
           confirmed
           by
           the
           
             second
          
           
           
             Councel
             of
             Nice
             ,
          
           which
           is
           thought
           so
           favourable
           to
           
             images
             .
             )
          
           As
           for
           example
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             47
          
           To
           attribute
           to
           the
           
             Angels
             omniscience
             ,
             omnipotence
             ,
          
           &c.
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Angels
          
           can
           
             freely
          
           understand
           all
           mens
           prayers
           ,
           and
           as
           
             freely
          
           grant
           them
           their
           wants
           ,
           is
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           a
           piece
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ,
             [
             Freely
             ]
          
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           I
           mean
           by
           the
           word
           
             [
             freely
             ]
          
           their
           doing
           it
           by
           their
           own
           
             originall
          
           power
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           by
           Gods
           
             revealing
          
           the
           one
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           by
           
             giving
             them
             power
          
           to
           do
           the
           other
           .
           As
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           supposes
           the
           
             Angels
          
           to
           know
           all
           things
           which
           God
           pleases
           to
           
             reveal
          
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           looking
           upon
           God
           as
           on
           a
           
             voluntary
             glasse
          
           (
           as
           
             Biel
          
           sets
           it
           )
           and
           withall
           believes
           ,
           that
           God
           
             reveals
          
           all
           things
           to
           them
           so
           ,
           and
           that
           thereupon
           they
           know
           by
           that
           means
           whatsoever
           any
           man
           saith
           to
           them
           at
           any
           distance
           ;
           Or
           again
           ,
           for
           him
           that
           conceives
           them
           to
           see
           all
           things
           in
           the
           world
           by
           seeing
           Gods
           face
           ,
           and
           looking
           on
           it
           as
           in
           a
           naturall
           glasse
           ,
           that
           reveals
           all
           that
           God
           knows
           without
           any
           choice
           ,
           or
           act
           of
           his
           will
           (
           as
           some
           others
           set
           it
           )
           ,
           these
           may
           be
           very
           erroneous
           ,
           yea
           and
           (
           if
           they
           
             teach
          
           them
           for
           
             doctrines
             )
          
           be
           guilty
           of
           sinne
           ,
           in
           that
           (
           but
           speculative
           )
           mistaking
           ,
           namely
           the
           sinne
           of
           
             dogmatizing
             ,
          
           of
           affirming
           for
           matter
           of
           
             Faith
          
           that
           for
           which
           they
           have
           no
           ground
           of
           Scripture
           or
           evidence
           (
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           the
           fault
           charged
           on
           such
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           in
           the
           phrase
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             undertaking
             to
             penetrate
             ,
             or
             know
             what
             men
             know
             nothing
             of
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             vainly
             puffed
             up
             with
             the
             thoughts
             of
             their
             own
             flesh
             ,
          
           their
           own
           
             reason
             ,
          
           or
           
             fancie
             ,
          
           fictions
           of
           men
           ,
           
             (
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           without
           any
           
             revelation
          
           from
           God
           )
           Yet
           can
           I
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           
             Idolatours
          
           by
           so
           conceiving
           ,
           or
           thinking
           ,
           or
           affirming
           ,
           by
           imagining
           these
           
             vain
          
           or
           
             false
          
           things
           ,
           if
           they
           go
           no
           further
           :
           (
           as
           they
           that
           came
           into
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           into
           the
           
             presence
          
           of
           
             Images
             ,
          
           but
           
             worshiped
          
           them
           not
           .
           )
           But
           then
           if
           they
           adde
           
             practice
          
           to
           
             conceit
             ,
             worshiping
          
           those
           whom
           they
           have
           elevated
           to
           that
           pitch
           ;
           
             build
             Altars
             ,
          
           make
           
             offices
             ,
             pray
             to
             them
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           the
           house
           (
           or
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           service
           )
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           do
           by
           this
           action
           ,
           adde
           a
           greater
           aggravation
           to
           the
           
             speculative
          
           sinne
           ,
           and
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           fall
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           
             idol-worship
             ,
          
           fancying
           
             Angels
          
           to
           be
           what
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           and
           then
           paying
           them
           that
           
             adoration
          
           which
           is
           due
           onely
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           at
           least
           
           they
           fall
           inro
           a
           prohibited
           act
           ,
           by
           neglecting
           the
           onely
           
             Christian
          
           course
           of
           making
           our
           addresses
           onely
           by
           
             Christ
          
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           which
           I
           conceive
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           18.
           
           Let
           no
           man
           
             deprive
             you
             of
             that
             Christian
             bravium
             or
             prize
             ,
             ]
          
           the
           peculiarity
           of
           priviledge
           of
           coming
           unto
           
             God
          
           by
           
             Christ
          
           onely
           .
           The
           same
           will
           be
           said
           of
           
             offering
             sacrifice
             ,
             incense
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           unto
           them
           (
           acts
           of
           worship
           and
           so
           peculiar
           to
           God
           (
           making
           
             vows
          
           or
           
             swearing
          
           by
           them
           ,
           asking
           
             grace
             ,
             pardon
          
           of
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           
             salvation
          
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             48
          
           As
           for
           the
           
             *
          
           
             Angelici
          
           in
           the
           primitive
           
             Church
             ,
          
           who
           conceived
           that
           nothing
           was
           to
           be
           asked
           of
           God
           but
           what
           was
           by
           the
           petitioner
           committed
           first
           to
           one
           
             Angel
             ,
          
           then
           from
           him
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           those
           many
           degrees
           brought
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           this
           may
           be
           thought
           a
           first
           rise
           of
           the
           sinne
           of
           
             Angel-worship
             ,
          
           somewhat
           parallel
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           we
           gave
           you
           from
           
             Maimonides
          
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           What
           hath
           now
           been
           said
           ,
           must
           be
           taken
           with
           some
           
             caution
             ,
          
           and
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           to
           
             bow
             to
             an
             Angel
          
           appearing
           to
           any
           man
           ,
           (
           which
           civility
           we
           pay
           to
           any
           
             superiour
             )
          
           would
           not
           come
           under
           this
           
             censure
             .
          
           A
           consideration
           which
           hath
           made
           some
           wise
           men
           think
           that
           the
           
             Angels
          
           refusing
           of
           worship
           at
           Saint
           
             Johns
          
           hands
           in
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           chap.
           19.
           10.
           was
           not
           the
           rejecting
           it
           as
           an
           act
           of
           
             Idolatry
          
           (
           or
           any
           kind
           of
           sinne
           if
           it
           had
           been
           accepted
           )
           but
           as
           an
           evidence
           of
           the
           Angels
           acknowledging
           himself
           
             Johns
             Fellow
             servant
          
           (
           the
           reason
           which
           is
           there
           rendred
           in
           the
           Text
           )
           and
           so
           not
           superiour
           to
           him
           in
           that
           office
           .
           But
           to
           this
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Angels
           admonition
           
             [
             worship
             God
             ]
          
           that
           follows
           ,
           may
           possibly
           argue
           that
           
             John
          
           took
           the
           
             Angel
          
           for
           
             God
          
           appearing
           ▪
           and
           accordingly
           worshiped
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           define
           .
           But
           then
           still
           for
           any
           other
           reverence
           or
           bowing
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           divine
           
             adoration
             ,
          
           there
           is
           no
           question
           but
           it
           may
           be
           performed
           to
           a
           
             man
             ,
          
           when
           we
           meet
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           much
           more
           unto
           an
           
             Angel
             ;
          
           And
           that
           any
           
             gesture
          
           of
           
             reverence
          
           shall
           passe
           for
           
             divine
             adoration
             ,
          
           will
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           be
           onely
           in
           the
           power
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           each
           mans
           own
           soul
           to
           define
           ,
           the
           same
           
             outward
             act
          
           being
           (
           without
           any
           danger
           )
           performable
           both
           to
           
             Man
          
           and
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           person
           making
           the
           difference
           .
           Much
           lesse
           will
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           when
           an
           
             Angel
          
           appears
           to
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           supposing
           God
           to
           be
           peculiarly
           present
           where
           those
           his
           
             Satellites
          
           or
           
             Courtiers
          
           appear
           )
           come
           under
           that
           charge
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           doing
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           peculiarly
           at
           the
           first
           
             *
          
           entrance
           into
           that
           
             holy
             place
             )
          
           where
           the
           
             Angels
          
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           present
           (
           the
           
             Angels
             singing
             with
             us
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           and
           
             Angelus
             Orationis
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           and
           the
           presence
           of
           whom
           in
           the
           
             Church
          
           is
           used
           by
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           an
           argument
           for
           the
           
             decent
          
           behaviour
           of
           
             women
          
           in
           that
           place
           )
           as
           
             Jacob
          
           at
           the
           appearing
           of
           the
           
             Angels
          
           both
           
             put
             off
             his
             Shoes
             
             from
             his
             feet
             ,
          
           and
           resolved
           that
           
             God
             was
             in
             that
             place
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           was
           
             no
             other
             but
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             gate
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             50
          
           Nor
           will
           it
           be
           the
           sinne
           of
           Idolatry
           to
           beseech
           that
           Angel
           ,
           (
           in
           case
           he
           appear
           to
           me
           )
           to
           joyne
           with
           me
           ,
           or
           help
           me
           ,
           or
           to
           commend
           my
           wants
           to
           God
           in
           his
           prayers
           ,
           any
           more
           then
           it
           will
           be
           ,
           to
           request
           the
           like
           favour
           of
           any
           
             fellow-Christian
          
           upon
           earth
           .
           The
           
             Idolatry
          
           is
           either
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           giving
           him
           
             a
             free
             unlimited
          
           power
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           actions
           
             praying
          
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           supposing
           he
           had
           such
           power
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           bare
           observing
           ,
           (
           and
           reverencing
           accordingly
           )
           his
           
             created
             power
          
           or
           dignity
           ,
           held
           from
           
             God
          
           by
           way
           of
           
             dignation
             ,
          
           or
           desiring
           him
           ,
           (
           when
           he
           comes
           within
           my
           reach
           )
           to
           discharge
           any
           office
           of
           charity
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             51
          
           The
           same
           may
           be
           said
           again
           of
           the
           
             Saints
             in
             heaven
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             beseeching
          
           them
           to
           bestow
           mercies
           upon
           me
           ,
           the
           putting
           up
           those
           petitions
           to
           the
           
             blessed
             Virgin
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           are
           
             terminated
          
           in
           her self
           (
           as
           many
           
             Forms
             ,
          
           if
           not
           her
           whole
           Office
           may
           appear
           to
           be
           )
           are
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           the
           errour
           of
           thinking
           her
           able
           to
           relieve
           them
           ,
           acts
           parrallel
           to
           that
           old
           
             Idolatry
          
           also
           ;
           And
           the
           thinking
           them
           to
           come
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           our
           
             prayers
          
           in
           
             speculo
          
           again
           ,
           is
           a
           presumption
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           which
           
             Scripture
          
           hath
           told
           us
           nothing
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           fall
           under
           the
           fore-mentioned
           
             accusation
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           so
           again
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           sure
           to
           any
           ,
           chat
           any
           
             Saint
          
           doth
           
             hear
          
           his
           demands
           ,
           it
           were
           certainly
           no
           fault
           to
           
             begge
          
           that
           favour
           of
           him
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           his
           
             free
          
           power
           to
           bestow
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           ordinarily
           demand
           of
           one
           another
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           joyning
           with
           ,
           or
           for
           us
           ,
           
             assisting
          
           and
           reinforcing
           our
           
             prayers
          
           to
           God
           .
           And
           supposing
           that
           they
           do
           not
           
             hear
          
           or
           
             understand
          
           what
           he
           saith
           ,
           yet
           what
           guilt
           shall
           lie
           on
           him
           that
           thinks
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           speaks
           accordingly
           to
           them
           ,
           I
           omit
           now
           to
           define
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           not
           to
           my
           present
           purpose
           ,
           which
           was
           onely
           to
           enquire
           what
           is
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           not
           
             Folly
             ,
          
           what
           
             Worshiping
          
           or
           
             praying
          
           for
           help
           ,
           to
           that
           which
           is
           not
           
             God
             ,
          
           not
           speaking
           to
           them
           to
           
             pray
          
           for
           us
           which
           
             cannot
             hear
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             52
          
           Next
           for
           
             images
          
           either
           of
           
             God
             ,
             Christ
             ,
          
           or
           
             Angels
             ,
          
           or
           
             Saints
             ,
          
           many
           particulars
           may
           be
           resolved
           and
           avowed
           from
           the
           principles
           of
           discourse
           already
           laid
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           to
           conceive
           them
           able
           to
           
             hear
          
           and
           
             help
          
           by
           virtue
           of
           him
           ,
           whose
           
             image
          
           they
           are
           ,
           is
           a
           spice
           of
           that
           
             heathen
             doctrine
          
           of
           
             [
             Images
             being
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             gods
             ]
          
           (
           of
           their
           being
           animated
           by
           those
           whose
           images
           they
           were
           )
           which
           had
           among
           them
           its
           foundation
           in
           sorcery
           ,
           and
           then
           was
           the
           ground
           of
           Idol-worship
           ;
           and
           it
           were
           happy
           if
           some
           
             *
          
           Ignorant
           
             Christians
          
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           were
           not
           either
           willingly
           betrayed
           to
           ,
           or
           uncharitably
           kept
           in
           this
           
             barbarous
             rudenesse
             .
          
           So
           again
           will
           it
           be
           ,
           2.
           
             to
             pray
          
           to
           ,
           or
           to
           bestow
           any
           act
           of
           
             divine
             worship
          
           on
           any
           such
           
             Image
          
           in
           any
           respect
           ;
           For
           that
           supposes
           ,
           and
           is
           built
           on
           the
           former
           conceit
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           that
           
           which
           is
           not
           
             God
             ;
          
           and
           what
           is
           that
           but
           
             Idolatry
             ?
          
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           any
           
             respect
             ,
          
           and
           I
           mean
           with
           any
           distinction
           of
           
             mediante
             imagine
             ,
          
           or
           
             relativè
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           For
           first
           it
           is
           an
           unreasonable
           thing
           for
           them
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           law
           is
           given
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           
             distinction
          
           by
           which
           it
           may
           in
           some
           sence
           be
           lawfull
           not
           to
           keep
           it
           ,
           such
           
             distinctions
          
           must
           be
           made
           by
           the
           
             law-giver
             ,
          
           or
           else
           they
           are
           not
           safe
           .
           2.
           
           Although
           it
           be
           to
           
             God
          
           also
           ,
           
             mediante
             imagine
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           first
           fastning
           my
           act
           of
           worship
           upon
           the
           
             Image
             ,
          
           as
           the
           next
           or
           immediate
           object
           ,
           and
           then
           
             mediately
          
           on
           
             God
             ,
          
           this
           is
           clearly
           to
           
             worship
          
           the
           
             Image
             ,
          
           though
           not
           the
           
             Image
          
           alone
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           be
           
             Image-worship
             ,
          
           or
           2.
           though
           it
           be
           
             onely
             relativè
          
           to
           the
           
             Image
          
           in
           
             relation
          
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           whose
           
             Image
          
           it
           is
           ,
           this
           is
           again
           
             worshiping
             that
             Image
             ,
          
           though
           not
           that
           
             Image
             onely
             ,
          
           and
           that
           will
           not
           rescue
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           an
           
             Image
          
           from
           the
           
             censure
          
           of
           
             Image-worship
             ,
          
           any
           more
           then
           the
           affirming
           
             Faith
          
           to
           justifie
           
             instrumentaliter
             relativè
             ,
          
           is
           not
           the
           affirming
           it
           to
           
             justifie
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             54
          
           As
           for
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           
             image-worship
          
           and
           
             idolatry
             ,
          
           or
           
             idol-worship
             ,
          
           if
           any
           such
           be
           pretended
           from
           the
           difference
           between
           
             image
          
           and
           
             idolum
             ,
          
           it
           will
           not
           be
           worth
           our
           pains
           to
           examine
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           any
           thing
           which
           is
           not
           
             God
             ,
          
           be
           it
           
             image
          
           or
           
             idol
             ,
             Christian
          
           or
           
             heathen
             similitude
             ,
          
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           will
           fall
           under
           the
           guilt
           which
           now
           we
           speak
           of
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             55
          
           But
           then
           3.
           on
           the
           other
           side
           to
           
             worship
             God
          
           (
           and
           none
           but
           
             God
             )
          
           in
           a
           
             Church
          
           where
           
             images
          
           are
           (
           without
           so
           much
           as
           fixing
           the
           eye
           on
           them
           in
           the
           act
           of
           
             adoration
             )
          
           to
           use
           an
           
             image
          
           onely
           for
           ornament
           (
           in
           a
           kingdome
           were
           
             Image-work
             ,
             hangings
             ,
          
           and
           
             pictures
             ,
          
           do
           passe
           for
           the
           noblest
           way
           of
           
             adorning
          
           those
           places
           which
           we
           most
           prize
           )
           to
           
             pray
          
           or
           to
           bow
           down
           to
           God
           (
           and
           to
           him
           onely
           )
           in
           a
           
             Church
          
           where
           such
           representations
           are
           set
           up
           (
           for
           
             beauty
             ,
          
           or
           as
           an
           indifferent
           thing
           )
           without
           any
           the
           most
           inferiour
           degree
           of
           
             worship
          
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           nay
           with
           a
           
             protestation
          
           of
           
             renouncing
          
           and
           
             detesting
          
           it
           )
           cannot
           be
           affirmed
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           without
           either
           affirming
           
             God
          
           to
           be
           an
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           or
           else
           [
           not
           
             worshiping
             ]
          
           to
           be
           
             [
             worshiping
             ]
          
           nor
           indeed
           be
           liable
           to
           any
           guilt
           unlesse
           it
           be
           in
           order
           to
           
             scandall
             ,
          
           which
           how
           farre
           it
           is
           to
           prevail
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           already
           given
           an
           intimation
           ,
           so
           the
           grounds
           of
           defining
           have
           sufficiently
           
           been
           laid
           down
           in
           another
           discourse
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             56
          
           And
           so
           for
           the
           
             reverent
          
           usage
           of
           an
           
             Image
             ,
          
           if
           it
           signifie
           no
           more
           then
           the
           using
           it
           
             civily
          
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           or
           in
           remembrance
           of
           him
           whose
           superscription
           it
           bears
           ,
           especially
           if
           that
           be
           but
           a
           
             privative
             reverence
             ,
          
           (
           a
           not
           using
           it
           vilely
           and
           contumeliously
           )
           or
           whatever
           may
           not
           come
           under
           the
           stile
           of
           a
           
             positive
          
           act
           of
           
             adoration
             ,
          
           this
           is
           no
           part
           of
           
             religious
             worship
             ,
          
           any
           more
           then
           the
           laying
           of
           a
           
             Bible
          
           on
           the
           
             Table
             ,
          
           and
           not
           on
           the
           
             ground
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           if
           it
           be
           the
           actuall
           bestowing
           of
           
             worship
          
           on
           that
           inanimate
           thing
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           next
           (
           though
           not
           last
           )
           object
           ,
           I
           mean
           bestowing
           that
           
             adoration
          
           on
           the
           
           
             Image
          
           (
           though
           in
           a
           lower
           degree
           )
           in
           one
           act
           ,
           which
           in
           another
           is
           given
           to
           
             God
             ,
             worshiping
          
           the
           
             Image
          
           for
           
             Gods
          
           sake
           (
           the
           
             relative
          
           worship
           )
           or
           
             God
             mediante
             imagine
             ,
          
           so
           that
           the
           
             Image
          
           be
           either
           the
           
             object
             ,
          
           or
           part
           of
           the
           
             object
          
           of
           any
           one
           act
           of
           
             worship
             ,
          
           it
           will
           fall
           under
           the
           censure
           of
           
             Image-worship
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             57
          
           Thus
           doth
           the
           
             Capitular
          
           of
           
             Charles
          
           the
           
             Great
          
           charge
           it
           on
           the
           
             Bishop
             of
             Cyprus
          
           in
           the
           
             second
             Councell
          
           of
           
             Nice
             ,
          
           that
           he
           allows
           the
           
             image
          
           the
           same
           
             worship
          
           which
           belongs
           unto
           the
           
             Trinity
             ;
          
           (
           and
           some
           learned
           
             Papists
             ,
             Aquinas
             ,
             Bellarmine
             ,
          
           &c
           ,
           have
           done
           little
           lesse
           )
           But
           he
           that
           will
           survey
           the
           
             Greek
          
           acts
           of
           that
           
             Councell
             ,
          
           will
           find
           the
           
             Capitular
          
           mistaken
           .
           For
           when
           the
           
             Greek
          
           reades
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             I
             perform
             that
             adoration
             of
             worship
             to
             none
             but
             the
             Trinity
             ,
          
           (
           and
           faith
           of
           the
           
             images
             ,
          
           onely
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             I
             receive
             and
             embrace
             them
             reverently
             )
          
           the
           
             Capitular
          
           reades
           it
           in
           a
           quite
           contrary
           sense
           ,
           for
           having
           said
           ,
           
             Servitium
             adorationis
             quod
             Trinitati
             debetur
             ,
             ei
             se
             redditurum
             garrierit
          
           (
           which
           though
           it
           hath
           no
           great
           hurt
           in
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           word
           
             [
             Ei
             ]
          
           that
           follows
           ,
           may
           apply
           it
           to
           
             Trinitati
             ,
          
           and
           cannot
           referre
           to
           
             imagines
             ,
          
           yet
           by
           
             [
             gorrierit
             ]
          
           it
           apears
           the
           
             Capitular
          
           did
           not
           take
           it
           so
           )
           it
           is
           added
           ,
           
             Servitium
             soli
             debitum
             Creatori
             ,
             exhibere
             se
             fatetur
             Creaturis
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Which
           is
           a
           plain
           calumny
           to
           that
           
             Bishop
             ,
          
           and
           even
           contrary
           to
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           relation
           ,
           (
           the
           
             Latine
          
           words
           cited
           from
           the
           
             Councell
             )
          
           if
           the
           
             [
             Ei
             ]
          
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             58
          
           As
           for
           the
           very
           making
           of
           an
           
             Image
          
           of
           
             God
          
           the
           
             Father
             .
          
           who
           never
           was
           clothed
           in
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           or
           
             visible
          
           form
           .
           if
           it
           be
           on
           designe
           so
           to
           represent
           him
           ,
           or
           if
           (
           being
           made
           )
           it
           be
           received
           as
           a
           
             resemblance
             ,
          
           or
           .
           
             Image
          
           of
           him
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           most
           irrationall
           
             folly
          
           or
           mistake
           ,
           for
           which
           there
           is
           no
           excuse
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           be
           not
           
             idolatry
             ,
          
           unlesse
           being
           thus
           made
           it
           be
           
             worshipt
          
           also
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           a
           direct
           contradiction
           to
           one
           great
           end
           of
           Gods
           prohibiting
           
             Images
             ,
             viz.
          
           that
           all
           men
           be
           admonished
           that
           he
           is
           
             invisible
             ;
          
           and
           it
           is
           worth
           observing
           ,
           that
           the
           
             ancienter
          
           of
           the
           
             Heathens
          
           themselves
           have
           resolved
           God
           to
           be
           so
           farre
           from
           any
           
             visible
          
           shape
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           allow
           the
           making
           any
           
             image
          
           or
           
             picture
          
           of
           him
           .
           Thus
           
             Empedocles
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             No
             mans
             head
             ,
             or
             feet
             ,
             or
             knees
             ,
             or
             other
             limmes
             to
             be
             conceived
             in
             God
             .
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             but
             a
             sacred
             in-effable
             mind
             ;
          
           so
           saith
           
             Plutarch
          
           in
           
             Numa
             ;
          
           that
           
             Pythagoras
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             conceived
             God
          
           (
           under
           the
           title
           of
           the
           
             first
             ▪
             )
             to
             be
             invisible
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           that
           on
           those
           grounds
           
             Numa
             forbad
             the
             Romanes
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             to
             conceive
             God
             to
             have
             the
             shape
             of
             any
             creature
             ,
             or
             to
             have
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             any
             formed
             image
             of
             God
             .
          
           Which
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             continued
             for
             one
             hundred
             and
             seventy
             years
             after
             the
             building
             of
             Rome
             ,
          
           no
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           
             image
             of
             any
             form
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             their
             Temples
             .
          
           So
           faith
           
             Gerson
             ,
          
           I
           remember
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             of
             Peace
             in
             Rome
             ,
             which
             it
             seems
             was
             of
             that
             first
             erection
             ,
             sine
             simulachro
             ,
             sine
             imaginibus
             ,
             it
             had
             no
             resemblance
             or
             image
             in
             it
             .
          
           So
           
             Antiphanes
          
           of
           
             God
             ;
          
           that
           he
           
             is
             not
             known
             by
             an
             image
             ,
             nor
             likened
             to
             any
             thing
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             and
             therefore
             no
             man
             can
             learn
             him
             by
             the
             help
             of
             an
             image
             .
          
           And
           
             Philoponus
          
           in
           his
           
             Preface
          
           to
           
             Aristotle
             de
             Anima
             ,
          
           conceives
           it
           very
           necessary
           to
           a
           pious
           man
           that
           would
           conceive
           ,
           or
           pray
           to
           God
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           to
           study
           the
           
             Mathematicks
             ,
          
           by
           the
           help
           of
           which
           he
           may
           be
           able
           to
           
             abstract
          
           and
           
             separate
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             from
             matter
             ,
          
           and
           so
           have
           a
           right
           notion
           of
           the
           
             deitie
             .
          
           So
           agreeable
           to
           the
           generall
           notion
           of
           wise
           Heathens
           (
           till
           a
           custome
           of
           sin
           had
           besotted
           them
           )
           was
           that
           of
           God
           himself
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
             Thou
             hast
             not
             seen
             any
             similitude
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             Deut.
          
           4.
           8.
           
           On
           which
           the
           making
           any
           
             image
          
           of
           him
           is
           prohibited
           .
           All
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           
             representation
          
           of
           a
           sacred
           story
           ,
           there
           be
           set
           down
           any
           
             form
             ,
          
           particularly
           an
           
             eye
             ,
          
           a
           
             ray
             ,
          
           a
           
             glory
          
           &c.
           not
           to
           expresse
           the
           person
           of
           God
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           but
           to
           
             stand
          
           for
           him
           ,
           not
           to
           
             signifie
          
           any
           supposed
           likenesse
           of
           him
           (
           which
           is
           impossible
           )
           but
           onely
           to
           
             present
          
           him
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           beholder
           ,
           a
           doing
           some
           action
           of
           his
           (
           which
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           do
           the
           very
           same
           thing
           in
           a
           
             Table
             ,
          
           which
           the
           word
           
             Jehovah
          
           or
           
             God
          
           would
           do
           in
           a
           
             Book
             )
          
           I
           conceive
           not
           what
           
             charge
          
           could
           be
           laid
           on
           it
           ,
           at
           least
           what
           degree
           or
           spice
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           unlesse
           I
           must
           be
           thought
           to
           
             worship
          
           the
           name
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           I
           write
           or
           reade
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             59
          
           As
           for
           the
           
             resemblance
          
           of
           the
           man
           
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           the
           bare
           
             expressing
          
           and
           not
           
             worshiping
          
           that
           form
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           long
           
             visible
          
           on
           this
           earth
           ,
           as
           this
           pretends
           no
           more
           to
           the
           
             painting
          
           of
           
             divinity
             ,
          
           then
           the
           
             lines
          
           of
           a
           
             body
          
           can
           be
           thought
           to
           undertake
           to
           expresse
           the
           
             soul
             ,
          
           (
           and
           so
           cannot
           be
           accused
           of
           that
           
             imposture
             )
          
           so
           will
           it
           not
           be
           lyable
           to
           any
           other
           charge
           with
           any
           that
           hath
           not
           resolved
           all
           
             pictures
          
           even
           of
           his
           own
           parents
           unlawfull
           .
           (
           unlesse
           it
           be
           perhaps
           in
           order
           to
           the
           
             danger
          
           of
           being
           
             worshipt
          
           by
           others
           ,
           which
           consequently
           ought
           very
           prudently
           to
           be
           weighed
           and
           considered
           ,
           before
           any
           such
           be
           set
           up
           in
           any
           place
           ,
           as
           before
           was
           touched
           .
           )
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             60
          
           And
           the
           same
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           
             pictures
          
           of
           holy
           men
           ,
           the
           discourse
           wholly
           abstracting
           from
           
             worship
             ,
          
           or
           designe
           ,
           or
           thought
           of
           
             worship
             ,
          
           as
           here
           it
           doth
           in
           our
           present
           consideration
           ;
           To
           which
           purpose
           it
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           
             Calvin
          
           himself
           is
           by
           Doctor
           
             Reinolds
          
           produced
           ,
           and
           avouched
           (
           against
           
             Bellarmines
          
           contrary
           slander
           )
           to
           affirm
           the
           
             Images
             of
             Christ
          
           and
           the
           
             Saints
             ,
             non
             esse
             prohibitas
             simpliciter
             not
             to
             be
             simply
             prohibited
             ;
          
           and
           so
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           
             Luther
             ,
          
           the
           
             Zuinglians
             ,
             Melancthon
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Madgeburgians
             ,
          
           all
           detesting
           the
           worship
           of
           
             Images
             ,
          
           but
           not
           the
           
             Images
          
           themselves
           .
           And
           so
           
             Illyricus
          
           and
           
             Peter
             Martyr
          
           also
           ,
           who
           thinks
           the
           
             worship
             of
             images
          
           to
           
           be
           a
           prime
           part
           of
           
             Popish
             Antichristianisme
             ,
          
           doth
           yet
           resolve
           ,
           
             Christi
             &
             Sanctorum
             imagines
             haberi
             rectè
             posse
             ,
             modò
             ne
             colantur
             atque
             adorentur
             ,
             that
             the
             images
             of
             Christ
             and
             the
             Saints
             may
             lawfully
             be
             had
             ,
             so
             they
             be
             not
             worshiped
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             61
             :
          
           Once
           more
           to
           
             worship
          
           the
           
             bread
          
           in
           the
           
             Sacrament
             ,
          
           must
           (
           wheresoever
           it
           is
           to
           be
           met
           with
           )
           certainly
           be
           
             Idolatry
          
           too
           ,
           in
           the
           literall
           notation
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           that
           which
           is
           not
           
             God
             .
          
           And
           for
           those
           that
           do
           this
           on
           any
           the
           subtlest
           ground
           ,
           that
           by
           any
           
             errour
          
           or
           
             mistake
          
           (
           be
           it
           never
           so
           
             piously
          
           taken
           up
           )
           do
           actually
           
             worship
          
           this
           
             bread
             ,
          
           that
           first
           conceive
           it
           to
           be
           turned
           into
           the
           very
           
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             elements
          
           after
           
             consecration
          
           to
           be
           no
           longer
           
             bread
          
           and
           
             wine
             ,
          
           but
           very
           
             Christ
             incarnate
             ,
          
           and
           thereupon
           do
           
             worship
          
           it
           .
           These
           I
           say
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           be
           
             mistaken
             ,
          
           and
           those
           
             elements
          
           be
           not
           so
           turned
           and
           
             transubstantiated
             into
             Christ
             ,
          
           though
           they
           are
           not
           guilty
           of
           the
           sinne
           of
           
             Idolatry
          
           in
           all
           the
           aggravations
           that
           belonged
           to
           it
           among
           the
           
             heathen
             ;
          
           being
           not
           guilty
           of
           their
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             acknowledgement
             of
             the
             many
             gods
             ,
          
           of
           which
           their
           
             image
             worship
          
           was
           an
           appendage
           ,
           yet
           can
           I
           not
           free
           them
           from
           the
           charge
           of
           
             worshiping
             an
             idol
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           somewhat
           which
           is
           not
           God
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           a
           piece
           of
           
             consecrated
             bread
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             62
          
           He
           that
           conceives
           this
           too
           sudden
           or
           severe
           a
           
             censure
             ,
          
           may
           know
           that
           the
           
             Papist-Doctours
          
           are
           very
           ready
           to
           make
           confession
           of
           it
           themselves
           .
           
             If
             the
             elements
             be
             not
             so
             changed
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Costerus
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             we
             Papists
             are
             the
             meanest
             vilest
             kind
             of
             Idolaters
          
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           
             worse
          
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           he
           addes
           )
           
             then
             the
             Laplanders
             that
             worshiped
             a
             red
             Cloth
             ,
          
           And
           there
           is
           no
           denying
           it
           upon
           that
           supposition
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           part
           of
           the
           
             supposition
             ,
          
           that
           what
           is
           so
           worshipt
           for
           God
           ,
           is
           not
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           an
           
             Idol
          
           in
           the
           
             Scripture-sense
             ,
          
           which
           is
           all
           that
           I
           have
           now
           said
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             63
          
           And
           if
           it
           be
           replyed
           that
           they
           
             worship
          
           nothing
           but
           what
           they
           conceive
           to
           be
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           that
           the
           
             Ignorance
          
           and
           contrary
           perswasions
           which
           may
           be
           pretended
           for
           such
           acts
           in
           some
           men
           ,
           particularly
           the
           
             Romanists
             ,
          
           may
           plead
           much
           for
           them
           in
           Gods
           Court
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           reade
           that
           the
           
             times
             of
             Ignorance
             God
             winked
             at
             in
             some
             Heathens
             ,
          
           though
           that
           was
           an
           
             idolatrous
             ignorance
             ,
          
           so
           farre
           at
           least
           as
           not
           to
           deprive
           them
           and
           their
           posterity
           of
           all
           means
           of
           recalling
           them
           )
           I
           shall
           then
           answer
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           shall
           hope
           (
           and
           pray
           )
           that
           it
           may
           do
           in
           this
           matter
           also
           ,
           move
           Gods
           mercy
           so
           farre
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           (
           if
           not
           to
           
             pardon
          
           the
           sinnes
           without
           
             repentance
             ,
          
           yet
           )
           to
           give
           
             grace
          
           to
           work
           a
           
             sight
          
           and
           a
           
             change
          
           in
           such
           seduced
           
             ignorants
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             64
          
           And
           then
           putting
           the
           case
           anew
           ,
           whether
           ,
           If
           the
           
             bread
          
           in
           the
           
             Eucharist
          
           
           be
           not
           
             transubstantiate
          
           (
           as
           ,
           according
           to
           some
           other
           principles
           of
           the
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           I
           conceive
           it
           near
           demonstrable
           that
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           that
           I
           mention
           not
           the
           direct
           
             contradictions
          
           which
           are
           affirmed
           or
           implyed
           in
           that
           doctrine
           )
           and
           yet
           
             Costerus
          
           and
           his
           friends
           think
           it
           is
           ,
           supposing
           them
           to
           come
           
             honestly
             and
             blamelessely
          
           to
           these
           errours
           ,
           If
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           It
           be
           demanded
           ,
           whether
           in
           this
           case
           [
           that
           their
           
             ignorance
          
           or
           
             errour
          
           be
           grounded
           on
           
             misunderstanding
          
           of
           
             Scripture
             ]
          
           This
           so
           
             simple
          
           and
           not
           
             grosse
             ignorance
          
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           sufficient
           
             antidote
          
           to
           allay
           the
           
             poyson
          
           of
           such
           a
           
             sinne
          
           (
           of
           
             materiall
          
           though
           perhaps
           in
           them
           not
           
             formall
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           because
           if
           they
           were
           not
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           God
           they
           professe
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           think
           of
           
             worshiping
          
           it
           )
           I
           shall
           then
           answer
           ,
           that
           of
           this
           matter
           I
           had
           onely
           temptation
           to
           make
           ,
           and
           set
           the
           
             question
          
           (
           as
           before
           I
           had
           of
           
             prayer
          
           to
           
             Saints
             ,
          
           supposing
           the
           petitioner
           to
           believe
           that
           they
           could
           hear
           him
           )
           but
           have
           now
           no
           necessity
           to
           define
           and
           satisfie
           it
           ,
           being
           onely
           to
           consider
           what
           
             idolatry
          
           is
           ,
           not
           how
           
             excusable
             ignorance
          
           or
           mistake
           can
           make
           it
           .
           Yet
           something
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           to
           adde
           to
           direct
           our
           
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             65
          
           That
           this
           
             ignorance
             ,
          
           or
           false
           opinion
           will
           not
           make
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           
             bread
          
           (
           remaining
           
             bread
             )
          
           to
           be
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           none
           but
           God
           ,
           I
           conceive
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           Or
           if
           it
           would
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           the
           Heathens
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           an
           
             image
             ,
          
           to
           be
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           none
           but
           that
           
             God
          
           whose
           image
           it
           was
           ,
           for
           they
           sure
           believed
           as
           much
           that
           that
           
             image
          
           was
           by
           
             consecration
          
           become
           the
           
             body
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           animated
           by
           it
           ,
           as
           any
           
             Papist
          
           believes
           
             transubstantiation
             .
          
           But
           whether
           this
           their
           errour
           was
           as
           capable
           of
           
             Apology
          
           or
           
             pardon
             ,
          
           being
           infused
           into
           them
           by
           their
           false
           teachers
           (
           which
           yet
           they
           thought
           to
           be
           true
           ones
           ,
           )
           and
           pretended
           to
           
             Revelation
          
           for
           it
           (
           saith
           
             Maimonides
             )
          
           as
           this
           which
           is
           taken
           up
           upon
           the
           words
           of
           
             Scripture
             ,
          
           (
           though
           in
           a
           mistaken
           and
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           
             impossible
          
           because
           
             contradictory
             ,
          
           sence
           )
           I
           shall
           now
           define
           no
           further
           ,
           then
           by
           saying
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             66
          
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Heathen
             idolatry
          
           was
           the
           
             worshiping
          
           of
           the
           
             many
          
           false
           
             Gods
          
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           of
           the
           
             images
          
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           the
           former
           of
           which
           these
           men
           are
           not
           said
           ,
           or
           thought
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           )
           secondly
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           the
           conscience
           
             believes
          
           this
           
             errour
          
           to
           be
           a
           
             truth
          
           of
           Gods
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           innocently
           it
           comes
           to
           that
           
             beliefe
             ,
          
           the
           
             easier
          
           in
           all
           probability
           will
           the
           
             sentence
          
           be
           another
           day
           ;
           That
           
             ignorance
          
           or
           mistake
           which
           
             sincerely
          
           and
           
             honestly
          
           (
           without
           mixture
           of
           
             carnall
          
           principle
           ,
           or
           designe
           ,
           
             prejudice
             ,
          
           or
           
             passion
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           founds
           it self
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           mistaken
           ,
           (
           and
           would
           be
           laid
           aside
           ,
           if
           sufficient
           instruction
           were
           offered
           )
           being
           very
           justly
           the
           object
           of
           our
           
             pity
          
           and
           our
           
             prayers
             ,
          
           and
           neither
           of
           our
           
             censure
             ,
          
           
           nor
           
             scorn
             ;
          
           And
           if
           it
           were
           merely
           a
           
             speculative
          
           errour
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           the
           happinesse
           of
           some
           
             impious
             practice
          
           attending
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           make
           the
           lesse
           doubt
           of
           its
           obtaining
           
             pardon
          
           at
           Gods
           hands
           ;
           And
           howsoever
           I
           will
           hope
           ,
           it
           may
           still
           (
           at
           that
           gracious
           tribunall
           )
           be
           farre
           from
           being
           
             irremissible
          
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           reformed
           his
           other
           
             known
          
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           
             known
          
           and
           
             unknown
          
           is
           truly
           
             humbled
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             66
          
           This
           manner
           of
           stating
           of
           this
           difficulty
           ,
           may
           in
           reason
           perswade
           them
           that
           are
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           see
           and
           
             reform
          
           their
           
             errour
             ,
          
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           or
           if
           
             prepossession
          
           have
           made
           it
           otherwise
           to
           them
           ,
           yet
           in
           all
           
             justice
          
           not
           to
           expect
           of
           us
           ,
           (
           who
           
             professe
          
           to
           
             believe
          
           that
           the
           elements
           are
           not
           transubstantiate
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           humane
           nature
           of
           Christ
           is
           received
           and
           
             contained
          
           in
           ,
           and
           confined
           to
           
             Heaven
             ,
             till
             the
             day
             of
             restitution
             of
             all
             things
             ;
          
           and
           this
           withall
           upon
           the
           same
           grounds
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           of
           
             literall
          
           affirmation
           of
           
             Scripture
             )
          
           on
           which
           they
           professe
           to
           believe
           that
           this
           is
           
             Christs
             body
             ,
          
           and
           this
           neither
           contradicted
           by
           any
           other
           
             Scripture
             ,
          
           nor
           implying
           any
           thing
           like
           a
           
             contradiction
          
           in
           reason
           ,
           nor
           a
           
             savagenesse
          
           or
           a
           
             sinne
             ,
          
           as
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           saith
           eating
           of
           Christs
           flesh
           doth
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           it
           must
           not
           be
           
             literally
          
           interpreted
           )
           to
           
             worship
          
           that
           which
           we
           think
           a
           
             creature
             ,
          
           or
           somewhat
           which
           is
           not
           God
           ,
           or
           
             anathematize
          
           us
           and
           separate
           from
           our
           communion
           for
           not
           doing
           so
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             67
          
           As
           for
           our
           
             Church
             ,
          
           which
           onely
           
             adores
             Christ
          
           in
           the
           
             Sacrament
          
           (
           as
           that
           signifies
           the
           
             Action
             ,
          
           in
           which
           certainly
           
             Christ
          
           is
           )
           and
           not
           the
           
             Elements
          
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           
             Christs
          
           body
           locally
           present
           under
           the
           shape
           of
           those
           
             Elements
             ,
          
           (
           as
           certainly
           it
           cannot
           be
           ,
           without
           either
           
             being
          
           no
           longer
           in
           
             Heaven
          
           or
           being
           in
           
             more
             places
          
           then
           one
           at
           once
           )
           which
           hath
           set
           the
           doctrine
           of
           that
           
             Sacrament
          
           in
           a
           most
           exquisite
           temper
           to
           satisfie
           all
           rationall
           
             Christian
          
           pretenders
           ,
           in
           that
           most
           excellent
           
             Catechisme
          
           in
           the
           
             Liturgie
             ,
          
           and
           in
           her
           practice
           allows
           the
           
             Elements
             ,
          
           no
           more
           then
           a
           
             reverent
             usage
          
           proportionable
           to
           such
           
             instruments
          
           of
           
             Gods
             worship
             ,
          
           (
           which
           is
           both
           justified
           by
           
             *
          
           
             Amesius
             ,
          
           who
           assignes
           them
           a
           
             singular
             reverence
             in
             time
             of
             the
             use
          
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           
             privative
             kind
             of
             reverence
             after
             it
             )
          
           there
           can
           be
           no
           shew
           of
           charge
           against
           it
           for
           so
           doing
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           for
           
             kneeling
             at
             the
             time
             of
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
          
           which
           is
           onely
           a
           kneeling
           to
           God
           in
           prayer
           (
           which
           might
           be
           now
           further
           enlarged
           on
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           hath
           had
           its
           place
           in
           another
           
             *
          
           
             discourse
             )
          
           unlesse
           it
           be
           a
           fault
           to
           
             worship
             Christ
             ,
          
           or
           to
           choose
           that
           time
           or
           place
           to
           do
           it
           in
           the
           
             lowlyest
          
           manner
           ,
           when
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           is
           eminently
           
             represented
          
           by
           the
           
             Priest
             ,
          
           and
           offered
           by
           God
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             68
          
           As
           for
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           or
           
             altar
             ,
          
           or
           
             syllables
          
           of
           the
           name
           of
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           he
           that
           must
           
           think
           them
           
             worshiped
             ,
          
           by
           those
           who
           professe
           and
           protest
           to
           
             worship
             God
             ,
          
           and
           none
           but
           
             God
             ,
          
           (
           that
           way
           or
           on
           that
           occasion
           )
           must
           either
           be
           of
           a
           very
           
             short
             discourse
             ,
          
           (
           like
           them
           in
           
             Athenaeus
             ,
          
           that
           hearing
           men
           crie
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             God
             help
             ,
          
           when
           the
           neighbour
           
             sneezed
             ,
          
           thought
           the
           very
           thing
           which
           we
           call
           
             sneezing
             ,
          
           or
           else
           the
           
             brain
          
           from
           which
           it
           came
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           
             God
          
           so
           
             worshiped
          
           by
           men
           )
           or
           else
           of
           a
           very
           
             pettish
             spleen
             ,
          
           that
           can
           condemne
           the
           most
           blamelesse
           authorized
           practices
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           this
           
             present
             particular
             ,
          
           but
           of
           the
           
             ancient
             universall
             Church
          
           (
           for
           the
           
             worshiping
             God
          
           toward
           the
           
             East
          
           was
           most
           eminently
           such
           )
           upon
           any
           the
           most
           irrationall
           jealousie
           ,
           or
           dislike
           .
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             70
          
           And
           so
           lastly
           for
           the
           
             signe
             of
             the
             Crosse
             ,
          
           used
           by
           our
           Church
           in
           
             baptisme
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           been
           by
           some
           cryed
           down
           under
           the
           title
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           two
           things
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           briefly
           to
           have
           observed
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           same
           ground
           of
           
             zeal
          
           or
           passion
           that
           hath
           incited
           some
           men
           lately
           to
           charge
           it
           of
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           
             second
             Commandment
             ,
          
           hath
           long
           since
           moved
           
             *
          
           one
           of
           the
           same
           
             spirit
          
           to
           accuse
           it
           as
           a
           sinne
           against
           the
           
             other
             nine
             ,
          
           and
           to
           intitle
           his
           severall
           Chapters
           of
           the
           
             Swearing
             ,
             Sabbath-breaking
             ,
             murder
             ,
             adultery
             ,
             stealing
             ,
             false
             witnesse
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           at
           last
           of
           the
           
             concupiscence
             of
             the
             Crosse
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             idolatry
          
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           reasons
           being
           much
           alike
           for
           the
           whole
           charge
           .
           2.
           
           That
           the
           
             signing
          
           with
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           
             Crosse
          
           in
           that
           
             Sacrament
             ,
          
           is
           somewhat
           distant
           from
           that
           which
           the
           
             Papists
          
           use
           ,
           and
           an
           act
           of
           departure
           from
           them
           ,
           in
           
             King
             Edwards
             second
             Liturgie
             ,
          
           more
           then
           had
           been
           in
           the
           
             first
             Reformation
             .
          
           The
           former
           custome
           was
           to
           crosse
           the
           child
           at
           the
           
             Church-doore
             ,
          
           when
           it
           was
           brought
           to
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           but
           this
           of
           ours
           as
           a
           mark
           of
           
             initiation
          
           or
           
             reception
             into
             Christs
             flock
             ,
          
           immediately
           following
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           
             tessera
             ,
          
           or
           
             military
             signe
          
           that
           the
           person
           thus
           
             consigned
          
           into
           
             Christs
             militia
             ,
          
           shall
           for
           ever
           after
           think
           himself
           obliged
           
             manfully
             to
             fight
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           A
           change
           made
           merely
           out
           of
           compliance
           with
           them
           who
           were
           jealous
           of
           too
           great
           an
           inclination
           to
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           now
           charged
           with
           the
           
             guilt
          
           of
           that
           which
           it
           was
           on
           purpose
           designed
           to
           
             decline
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               §
            
             71
          
           I
           should
           not
           I
           conceive
           be
           thought
           in
           earnest
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           go
           about
           to
           vindicate
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Liturgy
             ,
          
           and
           of
           all
           
             set
             forms
          
           of
           prayer
           from
           this
           charge
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ;
          
           It
           is
           true
           it
           hath
           been
           printed
           ,
           that
           
             words
             in
             a
             book
             are
             images
             ,
             and
             consequently
             that
             to
             pray
             before
             a
             book
             ,
             or
             use
             a
             book
             in
             prayer
             ,
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             or
             Image-worship
             .
          
           But
           till
           this
           argument
           be
           extended
           to
           all
           
             words
             spoken
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             written
             ,
          
           and
           so
           all
           vocall
           (
           though
           it
           be
           
             extemporary
             )
             prayer
             ,
          
           condemned
           for
           
             Idolatry
          
           also
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           conceive
           that
           
             disputer
          
           to
           have
           believed
           himself
           ,
           nor
           consequently
           give
           him
           or
           my
           reader
           the
           trouble
           of
           an
           
             answer
             .
          
           In
           stead
           of
           extending
           this
           
           enquiry
           to
           the
           survey
           and
           vindication
           of
           those
           many
           other
           particulars
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           fancies
           or
           furies
           of
           this
           last
           yeare
           have
           affixed
           this
           charge
           ;
           all
           that
           I
           have
           now
           to
           adde
           is
           onely
           this
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           beseech
           God
           to
           give
           such
           
             mistakers
             understanding
          
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           
             Charity
             ,
          
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           
             to
             edification
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             destruction
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             reforming
          
           their
           own
           sinnes
           and
           not
           
             condemning
          
           or
           
             reproching
          
           other
           mens
           
             laudable
             ,
          
           at
           the
           least
           
             innocent
          
           actions
           .
        
         
           Judge
           not
           ,
           that
           ye
           be
           not
           judged
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
        
      
       
         
           SOme
           few
           testimonies
           ,
           which
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           clearing
           of
           the
           precedent
           observations
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           conveniently
           be
           put
           in
           either
           ,
           in
           the
           Text
           or
           the
           margin
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           thought
           fit
           to
           affix
           by
           way
           of
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           Add.
           p.
           11.
           ad
           lin.
           32.
           in
           marg.
           Thus
           among
           the
           
             Romanes
          
           in
           their
           
             lustrations
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Sybil
             .
             orac
             .
             l.
             3.
             p.
          
           231.
           and
           speaking
           of
           the
           Christians
           giving
           over
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           it
           is
           added
           immediately
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &c.
           naming
           all
           the
           severall
           nations
           of
           the
           heathen
           world
           that
           were
           guilty
           of
           it
           ,
           p.
           264.
           and
           exhorting
           against
           
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             &c.
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           p.
           279.
           and
           that
           true
           pietie
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           opposed
           to
           idol-worship
           ,
           so
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             &
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           l.
           4.
           p.
           287.
           &
           p.
           296.
           and
           of
           the
           
             Romanes
          
           again
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           p.
           315.
           and
           so
           again
           ,
           p.
           332.
           
        
         
           Add.
           p.
           12.
           ad
           lin.
           24.
           in
           marg.
           In
           this
           sense
           I
           conceive
           
             Plato
          
           used
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           l.
           9.
           where
           speaking
           of
           sensuall
           men
           ,
           and
           comparing
           them
           to
           beasts
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             full
             fed
             and
             lascivious
             ,
          
           he
           addes
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Or
           if
           you
           will
           needs
           have
           the
           notion
           of
           
             covetousnesse
          
           continued
           ,
           yet
           I
           conceive
           the
           company
           that
           the
           word
           is
           so
           oft
           found
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           will
           have
           such
           an
           influence
           on
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           belong
           to
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             getting
             wealth
             by
             these
             unclean
             prostitutions
             ,
          
           which
           sure
           is
           expressed
           by
           the
           
             Authour
          
           of
           the
           
             Sybylin
             oracles
             ,
             l.
             3.
             p.
          
           231.
           where
           immediately
           after
           the
           mention
           of
           those
           
             impurities
          
           is
           subjoyned
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           Add.
           p.
           14.
           ad
           l.
           4.
           in
           marg.
           to
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           So
           in
           the
           
             Sybil
             .
          
           or
           :
           is
           this
           sinne
           expressed
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             l.
          
           3.
           p.
           231.
           and
           the
           men
           guilty
           of
           it
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           pag.
           232.
           (
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           noting
           all
           immoderate
           desires
           or
           attempts
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Phavorinus
             )
          
           and
           as
           it
           is
           immediately
           specified
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           So
           in
           
             Phocylides
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             &
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           doth
           seem
           to
           import
           also
           .
        
         
           Add.
           ad
           p.
           15.
           l.
           10.
           in
           marg.
           So
           in
           the
           
             Sibyll
             Oracles
             ,
          
           l.
           2.
           p.
           172.
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             those
             that
             had
             put
             off
             all
             shame
             ,
             ]
          
           are
           joyned
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             ravishers
             ,
          
           and
           pag.
           216.
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           which
           sure
           belongs
           to
           the
           
             fury
          
           of
           
             inordinate
             lusts
             )
          
           there
           is
           joyned
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             rapes
          
           and
           
             shamelesse
             lusts
             ,
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             secret
             loves
             ;
          
           and
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             judgements
             of
             Brimstone
          
           (
           the
           portion
           of
           
             Sodom
          
           for
           such
           sinnes
           )
           follows
           in
           the
           end
           of
           that
           Book
           .
           All
           which
           passages
           ,
           though
           they
           cannot
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           that
           
             antiquity
          
           or
           
             authour
             ,
          
           to
           which
           they
           pretend
           ,
           are
           yet
           by
           our
           Countrey
           man
           
             Joannes
             Opsopaeus
             ,
          
           or
           
             Cook
             ,
          
           with
           great
           reasons
           supposed
           to
           be
           as
           
             ancient
          
           as
           the
           
             Emperour
             Commodus
             ,
          
           and
           so
           will
           be
           worthy
           our
           heed
           ,
           for
           a
           matter
           of
           no
           greater
           weight
           then
           is
           now
           laid
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45420e-110
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             4.
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             Orig.
             con
             .
             Cels
             .
             Just
             .
             Mar.
             Apol.
             Clem.
             Al.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Athenagoras
             .
             Theop.
             ad
             Autol.
             Tatianus
             .
             Theod.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Euseh
             .
             Praep.
             Eu.
             Cyril
             .
             Alexan.
             cont.
             Iulian
             .
             Tertul.
             A.
             pol.
             Minut.
             Felix
             .
             Arnobius
             .
             Lactantius
             .
             Aug.
             de
             Civit
             .
             Dei
             .
             Firmicus
             .
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             *
             That
             that
             whole
             verse
             belongs
             to
             that
             matter
             will
             appear
             ,
             if
             you
             view
             it
             in
             the
             Originall
             .
             Thus
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               thou
               hast
               been
               dissolute
               (
               laxata
               〈◊〉
               dilatata
               )
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               by
               thy
               lying
               with
               them
            
             (
             so
             it
             is
             rendred
             
               Num.
               31.
               17.
               )
               Thou
               hast
               cut
               them
            
             or
             made
             them
             
               Eunuchs
            
             for
             thy self
             (
             so
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             which
             perhaps
             we
             mistake
             for
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Covenant
               ,
            
             doth
             signifie
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Targum
             renders
             it
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               succidisti
               ,
               detruneasti
               )
               thou
               lovedst
               to
               lie
               with
               them
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Raptoris
             bona
             publicanda
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Hesych
             .
          
           
             *
             Codex
             antiq.
             in
             Coll.
             
             Magd.
             Ox.
             
          
           
             *
             Vid.
             excerpta
             Gemarae
             tr
             .
             Sanhedr
             .
             c.
             1.
             §.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             In
             Thisbi
             .
             p.
             139.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vide
            
             Rom.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Irenaeus
             .
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Hesyc
             .
          
           
             *
             Aug.
             de
             civ.
             dei
             .
             l.
             8.
             c
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             *
             Neque
             aera
             neque
             auri
             argentique
             materia
             quibus
             signa
             conhe●●nt
             ,
             esse
             Deos
             decernimus
             ,
             sed
             eos
             ipsos
             in
             his
             colimus
             ,
             quos
             dedicatio
             infert
             sacra
             ,
             &
             fabrilibus
             efficit
             inhabitare
             simulach
             .
             is
             .
             A●nol
             .
             cont.
             Genti
             .
             l.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             Desacrif
             .
             &
             Mag.
             
          
           
             *
             Divin●●
             .
             in
             Q.
             Cacil
             .
          
           
             *
             Aaron
             Purgatus
             .
          
           
             *
             c.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             P.
             20.
             lin.
             1.
             P.
             27.
             near
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             *
             P.
             18.
             
               l.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Divos
             ,
             divàsque
             non
             aliter
             venerantur
             quam
             Deum
             ipsum
             ,
             &c.
             
             Lud.
             in
             Aug.
             de
             civ
             l.
             8.
             c.
             ult.
             vid.
             Cassand.
             consult
             .
             de
             imag.
             Polyd.
             Virg.
             de
             rerum
             invent
             .
             l.
             6.
             c.
             13.
             
             §
             45.
             
          
           
             *
             Athanas
             cont.
             A●●
             .
             or●●
             .
          
           
             *
             Eph.
             Concil.
             cap.
             67.
             
          
           
             *
             Via
             Con.
             cil
             .
             Laod.
             can.
             35.
             p.
             352.
             
             &
             Zo
             .
             nar
             .
             in
             can
             .
             ●tum
             ,
             &
             Judill
             in
             Cod
             eccl
             univers.
             p.
             262.
             
             §
             49.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Vid.
            
             view
             of
             the
             New
             Directory
             ,
             p.
             21.
             &
             p.
             82.
             
          
           
             *
             Non
             video
             in
             multis
             quod
             discrimen
             sit
             inter
             ecrum
             opinionem
             de
             sanctis
             &
             id
             quod
             Gentiles
             putabant
             de
             d●●s
             suis
             .
             Lud
             Vives
             ●n
             Aug.
             de
             civ.
             l.
             8.
             c.
             ult.
          
           
             Of
             Scandall
             .
          
           
             *
             Case
             of
             Consc.
             c.
             31.
             
          
           
             *
             View
             of
             the
             New
             Direct
             .
             
               p.
            
             27.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Parker
            
             on
             the
             Crosse
             .