. 'Ihejrjl Comm4»dtment. · 6) beholding ofit, will fet the heart.~>1l fire with Idolatrie, the c.xampleof e;Amll~iah will fuffictently ibcw vnto vs: who, thoughhee was a man, _that in the begin.Ringof~is raigne, walkedo'Ut\\iatdly in the waies of God, and for other m~t- :.Ciuon;, ters lbewed himf-elfe a good and valiant Pdnce,,ret when 2 51lJ4· hee hauino put the Edomites to flight (fo that they were con(~rained to lcau.e their gods a!ld tlie for their liues). whenhee,Ifay, would but looke on thefe Idols, hee was prefendy caught, euen by the very -looking vpon thc.m; · though·it feemed this might haue been enough to keepe him backefrom \!Vor!hipping them, bec3iufe heehad .euen thenexper.ienceofth~ir weakendfe, in that they cpuld not helpethe Edomites (which ferued-them before) out of iis h2nds, as afcer the Prophet t~lles .him. For as the looking vpon an harlotwill infcetone withbodily <Vndeaneoeffe, fo alfo the .looking vpon an Idoll will polhne ah ignorant and bJ.indc heart with Idolatry,and bring it to co.nfufion. Therefore Dauidt_ooke another courfe, for \\lflCn ~ce ~as follow-:~~~~~·· ing the PhihHins, and had themnow in chaf~, fo hard, asthey.were driuen to leaue ~:heir god,s ;.yet hee found a grea- , :ter worke to be done~hen flaying-his ~nemies; becaufe hee ki1ew, fuch was the corr.uption that was·in his _men and himfelfe, as that thefe Id.ols m·ight haue done themmore harme then all thePhiliA~nes could: and therfore, that none might be infcetedand corruptedby them, he and his men tooke . themall,and burnt them with fire.· . But yet againH this dothine is obiecred, that Images bee Jay..,mens b@okes, and ferue to put vs in minde ofGod.• But this obietHon God himfelfeha~h a.nfwered long a go{hew– ing \\hat an Idoll will put one in minde of, and what anI. ma~will teach. For fo it is-in H11!J. z:tg. wh:~tprofireththe lmag~? the m;-tkJ~ thereofhatb,nurae it an Image and a teachw ~J/in. Whereche Prophet telles vs, that Images bee tea– chers, and as they call - them;lay~mcnsbookes: but what be thdr ldfons that they teach? ·cuen lies. And :what get the Sehollers ofth~fe teachers? euen<the curfe ofGoc!.-For fo ~e faith, Wot vn~ohimth'!t futhvnto the r1oodarift, andto the · J~tmluftoru, ~~ fha/J teach th~e_. Y<:a:, hue, will fome fay, no · . . E 3 mas
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