Chap. 31, rfx Expofition upon the 'Book of I e a. Vert, 28, 5.87 creature for God ; and of this Idolatry the text and poy nt I am upon is chiefely intended ; If I beheld the Sunne when it ibi,ed, er the Moore walking in brightneffe, &c. that is, ifi have tallco downe to theft creatures, and given them adoration, then &c.. To cleare it a title further, wee may diftinguifh of this Idotazry, fitlf In its internal! ads, when the heart ii enticed. Secondly, In its externall.ads ; when as Yob faith, the mouth kiffeth thehand; that is, when by outward practices and profira- tions towards the creature a man declares his worfhip of it, or that he attributer a divine power thertunto. Of the former Ido- latry, that ofthe heart, the Magiftrate can have no proofe, and therefore cannot punifh it. But when Idolatry holdeth up its head avowedly then the Magiftrate may and ought to take no- tice of it, and punifh it. That the Magiftrate did punifh Inch Ido- latry among the Jewes is without controverfie, the Law is ex pre Ile for it ( Deut: 3. 6,7, 8, 9, &c. to the fixteenth verfe ) when any man fa.) d, come let us geeferve other gcdt,ho was to be (tonedwith flones till he dyed. And that theMagittrate may punilb Inch kind of Idolatry at this day betides the authoritie of this text. Wee may argue thus; Such evil! ails committedby man asare contrary to the light cf nature, or which a man guidedonly by the light of nature might Aun and avoyd,the Magifirate may punifla, er theyare runifbable by the Magifirate; But this kindof Idolatry we are ffeakingof,is anmill all agairff the light ofnature ; TheYtf:re the Magifirate may punifh it,The major or fi I pro- pofition is agreed by all, whatforver is againft the hght of na- ture the Magittra:e may punifh;the light of nature is the fpheare of theMagiitrazes aetivity. And for the minor or fecund propo- fition, that fuck! Idolatry t.s geirfi the light ofnature, is proved at largo I.19 zo,z s ,zz. ) where toe Apofiles drift or scope is to fnew that the old Gentiles finned ap,ainft the light ofnature when they committed that gtoffe Idolatry For ( girl) he) that which may be knou,nerfGod, is manfeji in or to them, ( who are meetly in nature' ) for God /lath [hewed it unto them ; how horh God (hewed it unto them I not by the light of Scripture, nor by the light of the Spirit, or divine revelation, but by the frame or fabrick of the world, as it followeth plainely in that place ; For F ff f 2 the
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