- 88 B{a] 48.11. I Yn(.ro~ ' .· Yft 5· . ' To.keepe ou.r. he.ar.u from ldolairy,;md ro fet ul' no. other god". Two kindes of ldolany. That O'JY G·,e D F()r mine~nefake,tutll for mineDWnefake wiUI doe it: · for,hOtv/f;DuldmyName bep9Uuttd? and1wiUnotgifJe . ~JglMy to·an(Jt.Jmr;fpeaking there to the Churches , 111 that time, fitith ~heLor:d, 1have rRjinedthem,but -not~jilver, l have chofen ~hem in the furnaee ofaffii– Elion: that is,I have thus & thus dealt with them, yet will I not ,ca:fr them off,, though they be fin– full, yet wiU I not pidt them.away, for mine owne fake ; fgr my ·Name thouldbe pollllted, if I · lbo11ld fuffer them to lye thus: it fhou.Id be thought thatthe other Religion was true,,and fo I fhou1-d iofe myg.lory•.And.againe):will Godnow fay,I will not do.efo ~ f0r,ihould:Anrichrifi pre· vaile, it wouldhe.an arg~ment tbat theyhad the rrurb,and not we. S~Efay42.8./.amtheLord,that u my Name; an.dmyglnrywillnot1give tU..tJUJther,nei– thermyp~tife to grttven'Im.age.r. As·tfie graven Ima– ge~ there t:houl.cl have h.ad the pr.ai:fe,fo -root~ld the P apifls now,if G1Jd il1ould fuffer his Church tobe fo 5 bu-c for his--ow~e fake hewill not fuffer it. let , this encourage you then to he earneft withhim ' inprayer; forthe·rime will (:Oine,whenbee~ill turne his band, wheB tne jLdl: period is come,hee will be fee~e in the Mount. If there benoorherGo.d, cl1en let·usbecar-efull to' kcepeour hearts.from all kind:of I.dolatry)not to fet upaoyorher-inour heart or alfedions. For there are twokindsof Idolatry : · l 1 Oneis.gro:ffe; as the yvorfhipping of Baal, MAhomet, &c•.and that youare free from)becaufe there is light enough in theChurch to fee the vanitieof them. 2 There
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=