The 77 .eo plantthe holy worfbip ofGod,as topull vpIdolatrieand -fupedlition ':fo tbat fuch are as wellguiltieofthe breachof ,this law,as Idolaters: Th~y for doing-that they fuould not, we for not doing that wee lhould : they for vling falfe wor– ihip,wefornorvfingthetrueworfhip. But then wee fl1al1 . be crueworfhippers of God,when wee lhunne and hate all falfe feruice, and put in pra&ife.ail the parts ofthe true fer.. .ui,eofthetrueGod. . ' /14m Jehouah. Ofthe word Ieh,H~th bath been fpokcn .- in the preface to the Commandements. I N thefe words callinghimfelfe our God, hee implies that there is an euerlaHing marriage betwixt him and his .Church. And therefore,as it is a foule faet for a woman afier her mariage, and the coucnant of God, made betwixt her husband and ner felfr, to defile her bodie with filthie adul– terers: fo it is a thing much more hainousand abominable for any man or woman, afcer their couenant with G·od, to follow Idols and Images, not contenting themfclues with the perfeCt beautie ofChrifl. Then where he faith (A iealoeu God) hecompareshimfelfe to an husband, that as hee loues his wife mofl dearely and tenderly, whilefi fhe remaines .chafleand faithfull : fo is he mofl offended and prouoke~,if lhe deale lewdly and treacheroufly wich him. Now Chrif} had abundantly confirmed his loue v·ntQ vs, in giuing him- . Jelfe for vs: bm ifwebehauenot our felucs chattly tow:1rds \ I --him accordingly, he will be as a iealotis husband, whofe .feruent loue·being abufed; w~H burfl foorth it4to the Hrongefl hatred. As Sa!IJm9n faith, that /ealo~Jjie uthe r4ge of 4 Prott.,+~~ 11111n: lt!fd therefort be~ 'Wi(l.ntJt[parein .t~et da11Jfveng,ance. . . ln that hecalles himfelfe a iealous God,it ~declarc·s· that bee wants neithercaufenor vvill to powrevengeai1ce on-them : ,., ~ad in·that hee is a-flrong God, hee is ofmigbt fuffident to plague and.confound all thofc that ,wickedly breake his couenant. , .. _.: ~ L. · - · . i ' . ' " From
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