yt°S Chap. 3 t. An Expofition upon the Took of J o a. Verf. 27. Seventhly, If we Confider how induftrioufly 7,h ecquits himfelfe from this practice, the worfhipping of the Sunne and Zv1 >one as a g-eat wicxednes though very commonly and very anciently pradifed. Wee may note from it. antiquityand VniverfeIity mill not Beare toout in erreur, or in Idolatroou ieor(hip. It is no enure to us, when we doe eviti, to faymany doe it, or our forefathersdid it. The worfhip of the Sunne andMoone had fpread it (cite almoft over the face of the whole earth, and was become an Epidemical' infe6tion, yet lob durft not beare himfelfe upon that; A godly man dares not follow a multitude to doe evill;he will not cake up fuperftirious cuttomes upon truft, eyther becaufe they have been long ufed, or are ufed univerfatly. Example is no plea againft a ru'e, nor ant quity againft truth. If I beheld the Sun when it fbsned, &c. Verf. 27. Andmy heart bath been tiered) enticed, or my mouth huhkijed my hand. 70b in the former verle difclaim'd Idolatrous wotfhip,as to the °Ned of it ; In this bee denies itas to the manner of it ; and that either inward or outward. If my heart bathbeen fecretly enticed ; there he denies Internal! adoration ; or ifmy mouth bath kitedmyhand ; there he denies Externall adoration, both heart and hand were free. Ifmy heart bath beenfecretly enticed. The heart is here put for the whole inner man ; There is a 'i lstaru' ejI three- fold reading ofthefe words; Some thus ; Ifmy heart bath in abféond;to rejuced in ferret. Truely (faith Solomon) Ecclt I I. 7. ) the light *Or 111¢141/1. vulg. it fweete,and u pleafant thing it is for the eyes to behold the Sunne; yet we may quickly take too much pleafure in (icing ir. And ac- cording to this tranfl ition lob was very moderate in taking that pleafure; Ifmy heart ( faith he) bath rejoyced in ferret. Joy is Internal! wotfhip, to rejoyce in God is toworílaip him in fpiric, and 'cis the molt fpiritual part of true worfhip. To reoyce in the Creature, is to worfhip it, and becaufe it is the mutt fpiritual!, therefore 'cis the wont part of falle worfhip. lob difclairned joy 114
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