71 5 EXODUS XX. Era. 40.17,18. Rom. 1.22,23. And by this, for tby (elfe, he forbiddeth the making of any for others al- fo; as when Aarore made one for the people , Exo- dus 32.1. &c. The Hebrew Canons fay , Flee that maketb an Noll for himfelfe , though he make it not with his owne hand, nor frvetb it, heir guilty. Likewif bee that maketb an Idoll with hit hand fir others, though bee mak it fir an Infidell be is guilty. Therefore bee that mehetb an ¡doll for him fe f with Iris crone bands, be is doublegteiáy: Maimony in treat. of Idolatry,c.3.C9. a graven thing] in Hebrew, Pefil ; which is any thing hewen,graved,cut,or carved: the Greek tranflateth it, an Idoll, the Ghaldee, an Image, and the Thargum called imtathenr,addeth Imageor Fi- gure. And the holy Text elfewhere exprefly con - demueth Images, Ezek. 16.17. and not onelygra- ven,but molten, Hof..13.2. or painted, Ezek.8. i o. So under this one particular,ell portratures,and hu- mane devices are forbidden , not only things made with hand, but with heart & thought, Att. 17.z5,29.Every fuck Image is a teacher ofliea,Hab. 2. t 8. and who fo formeth a god, or meltetb a graven I- mage, it is profitableffrnothing, Efay 44.10. 1ilt- neffe] in Hebrew,Temunab: which Mfer openeth by two other words, Semel, and Tabnith, that is, Similitude and Figure, Dent. 4. 16. and elfewhere he nameth alto Matfebah,andMar kitb, that is,Sta- tue, (or pillar) and Piüure,Levit.26. t. So that all fhapes, portratures,precepts, and devices of men, are forbidden in Gods worfhip,Efa.29.19. Mat. 15.8,9. Coloff.2.23. And on the contrary,Gods commandements 8c katutes for hisworlhip and fervice] are to be kept and pra&ifed, without ad- ding any thing unto them , ortaking any thing front them,Deut.5.3 2.& 6.17,58.-& t 2.8.2 8,32. in the heavens] ache Sunne, Moone, Starres, Fowles,or the like,Deut.4.17,19. The worfhipping ofArgels is alto forbidden,Coloff.2. t 8. in the earth] as the likeneffe of man or woman , or of beaks,0 r creeping thi ngs,Ezek. z 3.14.Deut.4.16, 17,18. Efa.44.13. After this manner,the nations of the world corrupted true religion, R0111.1.23. in the waters] as any hill or the like, Deut.4.18. So all refemblances whatfoever, are here forbid- den, which men can make. Behold, they are all vani- tie , their worker are nothing, their molten Images are wind andeonfufron,Efay 41.29. Verf5 .not bow downe] or, not morfhip: under this one,all other geftur es of reverence are forbidden; as bowing the knee, s King.' 9.18. kiffrng,Hof.13. z. lifting up of the eies,Ezek.18.6. fpreading out of the hand, Pfal.44.2 t. and the like. Contrari- wife they are to be broken down,burned,deftroy- ed, and detefted,Deut.t2.3. &7.25,26. Efay 30. 22. to them] that is,to any creature,Rom.5.25. though an Angell,Rev.z2,8,9. or,to the Image of any crcature,or of God himfelfe, Efay 40.18,2'. Roso. 1.23. or to any worke of our Dane bands, Jer. 1.16. Mic.5.13, And as we may not bow downe unto them, fo neither before them, 2 Chron. 25. 14. yea there two phrafes doe one explain another ; as to pray before the Lord,r Chro.17.25.isto pray WOO him,2 Sam.7.27. and to bow down (orwor- (hip) before the Devil', Luke 4.7. is to bow downe unto him, Mat.4.9. But to bow downe unto men, for civili honour is lawfull, Gtn.23.7.1 Sam.24, 8. ferve tbem]The Hebrew gnabad,implieth all manner of fervice, both that which in (reeke is called Latreia, as in this place ; and Dortleia, as by it the Greek vet-lion explaineth it, in Exo.23.33. and many other places. The Hebrew Doetors fay, The root oftheCommandement againfl Idolatry is, that men fhould nor f rve any of all the creatures : nei- ther Angel, nor Sphere, nor Starre, nor any of the fun e Elements, nor any thing that it created of them. And al- though he that fervcth, knower that the Lord is God, and frvetb the creature after themanner that Enos and the men of his age fined at fir Fl; (whereof fee the, notes on Gen.4.26.)yet loe, bee it an idolater. Maim. in Mifneb,treat.of Idolatry,ch.2.feet.1. Under this name Serve is comprehended every religious worke,with hand,mouth, or heart : as prayer,or thankfgiving,Efay 44.17. Jer.2.27. confidence in them,Pfal. t i 5.4, 8. offring of facrifice, a King. 17.35. burning of Incenfe, Jet 18.15. preaching for them,Jer. z.8. asking counlell of them,Hof4, I 2. building temples, altars,or other monuments unto then, Hof8.14. & 12.11. crefting ofmini- fteries, Numb. 8.24. or doing any minifteriall worke for their honour, Amos 5. z6. compared with Num.4. 24,25. contributing to their main- tenance, Numb.7. 3,5. Nehem. o. 32,39. all fel- low (hip with them, Efäy 44. 11. communion in the fervice of them, a Cor. to. 18,-2 i. 2 Cor.6. 16,17. familiar converfing with teachers ofIdo= latry, 2 John so.s r. reading the bookes thereof, Aé2.19.19.or any other way to learne their abbo- minations, Dent. 12.30. The Hebrews fay, Ido- laters hate made many booker of their fervice , and of the worker and riser of the fame, the holy bled (God) bath commanded us that we fbonld not at all made in thole books. Maifnrny,treat. of Idolatry,c.z.f.2. Alfo they fay, He float ferveth an Idoli , after the manner of the ufuall fervice thereof, although he doe it in the contempt thereof, he is guilty. Maimony ibidem, c.3. f.5. On the contrary, God hereby requireth, that wee ferve bim,in fuch places,and with fuch things and rites as himfelfe hath commanded,Deut.i2.5,6.54,28. and fern him only,' Sam.7.3. Mat.4.1 o. jealous] and a conflating fire, Deut.4.24. God-is Paid to be an husband unto his people, Jer. 2.2. Hof. 2. t 9. I dolatry,is whoredome,Deut.31.16. Judg.z.17. Jer. ;.9,zo.Therefore Gods indignation againft this (inne, is called jealossfie: and as that is the rage of a man , fo that he will not pare in the day ofvengeamee Prov. 6.34. fo the Lord here threatneth to vefet, that is, to (earth out and pupifh this iniquity : for fo vifrting often fignifieth, Jer. 44. i 3. and 5, 9, 29. and when lace vifiteth them, they flail fall and perifh, Jer. 6: i 5. and am 1 5. the finves] or children, pofterity ; meaning luth as are tram= greflors with their fathers,as after be faith eftbem that bateme. So here the Chaldce paraphrafeth, upon the rebellious fanner. Otherwife, if the foams feste, and doe not fuels evil' , God faith , bee fhall net dye in the iniquitie ofhis father , but , he Pall floe!! live, Ezek. sß.4,10,53,14,17. generation] this word is (applied both In the Greeke and Chal- dee
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