teo The Gofpel of the IJe e-Of 'ering. Among the Idolatrous Kings of lfrael, thofe in fucceeding Times were worfe then their Wicked l'redeceffors:, feroboarn was bad enough,; but he only fets up the two Calves at Dan aìVi Bethel ; but Orrri went "beyond hirn, for it is faid be did wore then all that went before him, I Kings 16.'25. We read of the Sys totes of Omri, Mich. 6. 16. Idola- trous and Perfecuting Laws. But his Son Ahab was worfe then he "For, as ifit hadbeen a light Thing for him to walk in the Sins of jeroboam, be didlet up the Worfhip of Baal, and did more to provoke-the God of Ifrael to Anger, then ail the Rings of Ifrael that went before him, r Kings 16. 31, 3; 33 So that you fee it is an increafing and an endlefs Sin. 4. All the honour Men do, or think they do to God by Worfhip of their own Invention, `cloth redound indeed, and in truth to the honour' of the Devil; which is a fearful Thing to confider. 'Super- ftition,is a Sin dire&ly againft the means of Worfhip ; but it is ulti- mately againft the Ohjeft of Worfhip. Strange Worfhip fets up a ftrange God; for it neceffarily fuppofeth and feign- - Ames Med. Theol. Lib. eth to it felf, fuch an Objeaof Worfhip as is well- a. Cap. 13. pleafed with fuch manner of Worfhip, Super- 7be(. i4, 15, 42. fftition offers up: And to whofe Willfoeverwe fubmit our Confciences, as the Rule of our Religious Worfhip, him we fet up as our God. Though it be not fo in Mens Intentions ; yet it is fo inded, and in God's Interpretation. The Lord fo interprets 'falfe Worfhip, that a New God is deviled for the Obje& of it ; fo Of the Heatbenifb Idolatry, the Things which the Gentiles facrifice, theyfacra- ,ice to Devils,, and not to God, i Cor. IO. 20. And fo the Lord inter- prets the Jewifh Idolatry ; 3eroboam ordained Priefts for the Devils which be badmade, 2Chron. I I. 15. Lev. 17.7. Deut. 32. 17. And he puts the fame Conftruaion upon the Popifh Idolatry; they repented not of Worfhipping Devils, Rev. 9. 2o. And their Faaors and Emiflàries are called Spirits of Devils, Rev. 6.14. they think they Worfhip St. Peter and the Virgin Mary, yea God himfelf and Jefus Chrift; but it is indeed and in God's Account, the Devil whom they Worfhip. It is true, you cannot honour God too much ; his Name is above and beyond all Praife : But you may miftake and honour the Devil, when you think you honour God. A fearful Miftake indeed it is ; but yet it is that which all thofe fall into, who in their Worfhip, depart from theWill of God revealed in his Word, and turn afide to any of the Invenions of Men. THE
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