go !. That our Gon . . .. caufc.! they were ftronger than they, ~hey could kill menwhen they did feize upon them: fo they did build a Temple to Fortune. Now to bring ·this home to our felves, fe~ if wee have not the - fame ground with us; fee ifthe things that have any excellencie amongft men, if the things that arc profitable to us,& that ·exceed us in firength, and over-power us,whethe~ they are no~ ready to ,befet up as gods amongll: us: when men fpend themfelves upon theirpleafure, becaufe they are afraid to difpleafe men;what is this)but to fet ttp anothergo~.~-VVedoe the fame,though not in the fame manner that the Heathens did. Now, for woribipping the creatures, we are not to doe it: there is no creature in the world that can doe ei– ther good or hurt,as it was fa id of Idols;butwben . What tbe ar. our affections are fo inordinatelycarried to them, fed:ions arc we fet them up for gods, though we obferve it : in:~!~~?[~t not. It is Godsprerogative royall,and it belongs .:od. onely to him,todoe good Qrevill; whatfoever is either good or evill,he is the authorof: he makes men live comfortable, or uncomfortable, at his pleafure; for he difpofeth of things,giving them and taking them from whom hewill. Therefore, ,why is ·hee forgotten ? and why doe men ;oyne other things with him? So farre as. men fee not · ' the vanitie of all things, 'and fo farre as their af.. feel' ions are taken up with thefeoutward things, : fo much Idolatry there is in their hearts. ,There– fo~e you muft take heed, that you give not 'Gods glory to another. · '··:..· · · · Take·heed of Idolatry in your 'Opinions; give DOt ( .
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