Chap. 31 An expofÇtion ttpon the To of J o a. Vert. 27. 5,75 the beginningof the Pfalme : and as this killing Both note ho- roage,reverence, and refpe& in general! ; fo efpecially it notes Pleriq; vef,rr thereverence or worfllip iven to Idols ( Icings 19. 18.) when anaonmle the Prophet EliahComplained that there were no pure wor- ,andi aá(o- fhippers left, the Lr rrd anfwered ?"ct 1 have left wee five» thou lir.r, rune tab s `and in lfrael, all the knees which have net barred unto Baal ,and v*bra;it. Tcr. every moseth which bath not miffedhim. Baal as I fhevicd upon the c'1'11 ap, 1,6.',1)°1* former verle was the San. So (Hf: 13.2. ) 111;4 new thty fen p,,rer Acloránák more and more, andhave made them molten Images of their filver, c exret4m ad o,:. and Idolls according to their rwne underHanding, a.i' of it the werke culant referti- of the Craftfinen : they fay of them let the men that facrifice kiffe rind. Ho: lib. the Calves ( that is, worfltíp them) inDan and in Bethel. Cmcilrur frmu- Befides thefe Scripture evidences ; feverall of the Ancient lachro Seroi- both Fathers and Hiftorians make mention of this worfhipge- clic vi¡o,ur rut. fiure. That is moltremarkable which Miy.utiies Fa/ix reports gar Ater of Ca;itine, who locking upon the Image ofSeraph ( fignifying á J` rovrr the Sun) according ro the ufe ofthe fuperfhtious vulgar, he put ofcul':rm cabin, his hand to his lips and kiffed it. And Tertsel,'ian dire ing his i,r1oeßi , tni. fpeech to the Heathen, tells them, Mott of you, out ofa devoti- nutius in Ca: on to the heavenly bodges, nfe at the riling or,the Sun to grotte Z "° Atlorarr, it with a kiffe. And becaufe they were not able to reach the Sun fó!rnr `t``'i." 1a" and Moone in the firmament, therefore they tiled to t t up their ccpirafabmi e. hands to them, and then pat them to their mouthes in token re. Hicron..in ofAdoration, or that they receaved their breach and life from Ruffin them;and fometimes they didnot kiffe their hand at all, but only drawing their lips into the forme of a kiffe bowed themselves. But when they adored artificiali Idols or Images of any matter made with hands, then they ufed to kiffe the Image it folk if it flood within reach. Cicero inone of his Orations tells us how Cicero A/1ione The Brat.en Statue of Hercules was had in fo much veneration a- quaria in Ce_ mong the Agigen tines a people inhabiting a Citie fo called in S;er rem. ly, that the openingof its mensh and chin , were muck worne by theirfrequent Oiling of it when they came to merf/iip. From all thefe teftimonies it appeares that the old heathen nations were wont eytber to kiffe the Idol it felce which they Adored, or as a fymboland tokenof adoration to kiffe their hands and make a- beyfance towards it. And doubtleffe 74 had eyther leen or been informed ofthe like cuftome in thofe elder times, and therefore by way ofdenyall fayd, Ifmy mouth bath kitedmy hand. Hence
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