-ik.Epiftittoth.iG"/Millnl. Chap·)• 427 ~arcs tht fway, there is noholiacs i and therefore no fdJowlhip with God. . · The fccond rule is, that all occaftons ofthcfr finncs mufi be c;ut'off. two fpccially, !dlmef!e, and the .p4mpering ~1 the hodie~ S For ldlencs, confider Dauid, who when he was out of ciuill · warres, and free from baniihment, at peace in hisowne houfe, his wandring affcllion carried him to commit adultcrie. And the Ifraelites when they were tlored at)d pampered withall the blcffings of God, gaue themfelues to the committing of thefc 10 offences. Ier. ~ ·1· t. Cor.Jo. 7· and thepeopleof Sodom and Gomorrha.Ezcch.16.49· . . . The third-rule is, that all figncs of thefc vjccs.mufi be auoi·· ded and detclled, that is,any fpecch or aetion,that may fignific or giue fufpition of an incontint:nt difpofition, as light talke, ! s wanton behauiour, curioufnes and cxcelfc in trimming ofthe bodie, fufpeacd companic, or co~~]p.anic that may in hkcli- . hoodbe fufpeCtcd. For it _is Gods will that not onely the vice it fc:lfe_Jtualfo the appearance of ~ucry vice lhould be au.oi– ded. I.Thetf. )'. zz. to . ido/tCt~ie] The fecond fort offinncs foUow,whiCh ·al'e again{\ godlines: and they are three, !dolatrii, Witchmtft, Herefo.I– Jolatrie is.the wodhippeof Ido~-gods. An Idol is taken two w.aics. Firll of a\I, a fiCtion, or a thmg mecrcly dcuifed,is an J. dol: againc, when we coflcciueathing that is othcrwife then-it 2.5 is, it Kan Idol. So hkewifc ldolatrie is twofold. 0fle is, when fomc thing·that i~not God, is fet vp in the Roome ofGod:and that is donc.·three waics. One is, when the Godhead is afcribed to .a·cl,'eaturc, as when it was faid 'to Herod, The 'lloiceofa goa, M. 11.~ . .4nJnot of" nw1. TheCecond is,when any propertie ofthe god. go ·.head is afcribcd to the creature. The third·is, when the affem. om of our hearts art giuen to the creature. Thus couetoufr.1cs iscalled Idolatrie,Col. 3·5. becaufe it makes men put their affi. anccin richrs. .The ~ec~nd kind of !dol4!rie , is to worl11ip the trUC' God 3'S wtth deutfcdworlhip, as ramely with, in,and at Images, fer vp to the honour of God. This !dol<~trie is forbidden in the fc– cond commaundement, as Mofc:s hath expounded t:be l01w, D_eu.t.4.16. Tholl fowefi'nbim~tge ;, tke dAJ ( 11ppe11redin M_n~nt I .S111111: ',herefort th111jJMII makt '"imAge, namely_of fjo_d. Iru. al1eadgc<J, rhat the tommandemenr oncly forbtds the m~kmg . . . ·. ___ -~·-=H-=-::h .:::.h -~==------....:o:.:lf~l..,.._..._..,;;
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