Chap. 31. An Exyofirios upon the i3oeóe ef J o B. ifer#, 2.8. Secondly, Saperffitisn re very Ceremoniosea. Superftitious worfhip is a kind ofAntick worfbip ; what bow- what crirgeings a:e ufed at it ? how, ridiculous are man at it, while they we u'd be thought aloft z:alous? He that trades the Popifh ritualls might thinke they intended rather to c; urt it and complement it with God then humble themfelves before him ,Or that they came to his worf liprather to thew themfelves mannerly, then to be made more holy. The fimplicityofthe Gofpel, and the worfhip of God in fpirit, knowes none of there fafhions;And the bell acceptance which fuch will find withGod will be fignified to them in that chiding Q, eftion; Who requi- red three things at your hands ? Vert 28. Tb4s alfo were an iniquitie to be punifised hj rise 7edge:for IJhouidhave denied the God that is above. In opening the 26th verfe, we have fenne both the pronene ffe ofmans nature to the fin of Idolatry,and the natureofIdolatry ; And in openirg the 27th verfe, we have feene the manner how I. dolatry workes, both internally inricing the heart, and external. ly by kiffing the hand, or by outward adoration, and proftration ofthe body : In this verle pz6 proceeds to let forth the haicoas finfullnes of idolatry. Verf. 28. Tbie alfo were an iniqui,ie to be punifed by the ?edge; or, Thie is an inigaitie for the 7ndge. Thereare threereadings of there words. Firft Some conceave them only importing the finfullnes of hoc ea this fnfull praAice. So the Chaldee Parapilrafe, and fo the Val. teccaoomGrao. gar Latine z Thie is a Qranae or the great. /* ignitie. The Sep- ne,. tuagint give the fame fence, trarIlating; And this verily is in nu 7 opinion the greatoft fin : All there fpeake nothing at all of the pe- nalneffe of the fin, or as it is a fin to be punifhed by the judge, ;ÿ -r;',70 tat but all three agree with one confent that Idolatry is a grievous,,pa aro,a finne. t< ;1,3 Acys- A fecond reading allo faith nothingof this fin, as a ni 'rter to `5E6t. ep`. faC B/, 7721 PLI be punifbed by the Judge,but faith only,This is a judgedf7n;as if :es 1e dinar_ the meaningof 74were, Thisfin of letlatry is in the 7adgerzznt Mont: is e e e of 5.7
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