r C Ka p 4. Ep,filc to-the Zhe,(%'alonians. V e. R. 5. 277 againfi Gcntíhfmne, and -Idolatry; fo far as.tothinke they may'doe nothing in the worfhip of God,which is in pra- &iceof Idolaters:which ground vniuerlaliy holden true, fee how many abfu:dities follow.Theprieffs of Baal of- fered Iacriñce to Baal,might not Elixs therefore offer fa- critice to the God oflfrael? The Idoatrous Iriaelires prayed to their Idols: may riot Gods people therefore pray to their God?They wotfhip their. Idols in temples: may not we in Temples do feruice ro our God? this rule held of fuch indifferenrs : Their af?io,es idolatrous, as they areidalatrot a, we may not doc. Idem we may doe in in- finite particulars, though not ita, hleathenifh pra.`ìices, Tilt heathenifh, are vnbefeemir.g Chriilians. The more damnable is their continuanceamong Chri- flians,afrer fo many pubhlhirtgs of the Lords prohibiti- ons.Star- gaing,and Bich like obferuarions'of the Ggncs of heauen, God charged his people ro beware of: how frequent are they anmong(l Chriftians ? Infomuch that to Stars is c fcribed difpofing .of all their attempts, at-lions, accidents. Ii any accutfed death betide their children, if any vngracio;rs courfes taken by them,they were borne,' they lay, in an i'l honre, vrr :der an ill Planet: almoll all their mifaduentntcs, :suputt.d to Starres.and Planer. ru- ling, as they rliinke., in the Natiuity.Wbat Starres ruled, I wonder, in the birth of Efaas and Jacob? both borne almofl in rite fame inllant of time ; yet how d ferent in their Manners, courfes of life, euertrs ? Truth is, parents vfualjy are she euill Plan ers,either negleefing their holy education, or baning their youth with vngratious ex- amples. A charge God gaue,nonc fhould obferueflying ofhirds, or any Inch like fuperllirious contingencies. How fre- quent are Inch fuperflitious notices amon,gfl our people! A Hare may not crofl-e ehcm,bur it bodes ill fortune; nor the Salt fall toward them, but fire tnif -hap is conceited neerc them. What fhould I fpeake of Charmes and Sor- T 3 ceries, 1111Enarr N.
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