570 Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Book! 0 Y. Verf.2,70 to God alone,an.I therefore it might feeme enough to have laid, if iny heart bath been Enticed, but 766 adds, Ifmy heart harb been Enticed in fecret, that is,if ray heart bath been enticed to worfhip theSun or Moone fecretly. God is to be worfhipped not only publiquely but fecretly.So the words !land inoppofition to open or profes't Idolatry. There is a two fold fccrecy of worfhip, whether true or falle. rirft , When it is aged wholly in the heart ; as there is adul- tery in the heart, and theft in the heart,fo there is Idolatry in the heart, which never appearcs outwardly at all ; that'sone wayof fecret worfhip, when weworfhip in the heart only. Secondly Worfhip performed by an outward voyce or g& !lure, may yet be in fecret too, that is, out ofthe fight and view of others, in a private place or Clofet ; asChrift faith ( Marb. 6. 6.) When thouprayefl enter into thy Clofet,o.:nd when thou haft 'hut thy doore, pray to thyfather which is in fecret, &c. There is a fe- creme& of place as well as offpirit in worfhip, God feeth ("wet heart worfhip (which we may give him every where ) and he te- eth fecret- place-worfhip which the eye of man feethnot. The Lord Calls E-z,okiel(Chap:8.7:8.) to behold the Idolatry of that people comMitted in this kinde of fccrecy, they were not only Idolaters in the fecret oftheir hearts ( or hearty Idolaters) but in fecrer places. Andhe brought me to the doore of the Court , and when I lobed bebilda deore in the wall ; ThenPaid e untome, Son ofman, dig now in the wall,and when Ihaddigged, behold a chore (they were immur'd, they wereNit up ) and hefaydunto me, got inond behold the wicked abominations that theydoe here ; So Iwent in and raw&c. Then/aid he 10110 me ( v. 12.) Sonofman haft thou feet, what the Ancients cfthe hassle cf11-rael doe in the darke ? Every man in the Chambersofhie Imagery, for theyfay, the Lord feeth He not. When 74 faith, Ifmy heart bath been fecretly enti- ced ; we may take it loth wayes, IfI havebeen enticed to Idola- trous fecret heartworfhip, or fecret place-worfhip, where there was none to feemee, &c. Hence obferve ; Fift. idolatry begins at the heart. As Chrift faith ( Math. 15. 19. ) Out of the heart proceedevid zbologhts,mterthirs, Adulteries, blafphemies (which are highef ciao-
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