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Jer. xiil, 10. This evil people which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

Jer. xvi, 19-21. O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my

name is The LORD.

Ezek. xiv, 4-6. Therefore speak unto them,and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I the LORD will

answer him that cometh accord

ing to the multitude of his idols; That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Ezek. xx, 7. Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Ezek. xxiii, 30, 49. I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

Hosea xi, 1. When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

NATIONAL DISsaster. Deut. iv,23. 25, 26. Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the cove nant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the

sight of the LORD thy God, to pro-
voke him to anger; I call heaven
and earth to witness against you
this day, that ye shall soon utterly
perish from off the land where-
unto ye go over Jordan to possess
it; ye shall not prolong your days
upon it, but shall utterly be de-
stroyed.

Deut. vi, 14, 15. Ye shall not go
after other gods, of the gods of
the people which are round about
you; (For the LORD thy God is a
anger of the LORD thy God be
jealous God among you;) lest the
kindled against thee, and destroy
thee from off the face of the
earth.

Deut. viii, 19, 20. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day, that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroyed before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the Voice of the LORD your God.

Deut. xxix, 24-28. Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book. And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

Josh. xxiii, 16. When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

Judges 11, 13-15, 21, 22. An' they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil,

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as the LORD had said, and as th LORD had sworn unto them: an they were greatly distressed. also will not henceforth drive ou any from before them of th nations which Joshua left whe he died; That through them I m prove Israel, whether they wi keep the way of the LORD, to wa it, or not. therein, as their fathers did ked

dren of Israel did evil in the si Judges lii, 7, 8. And the chi their God, and served Baalim ar of the LORD, and forgat the Loa the groves: Therefore the are of the LORD was hot agains Israel, and he sold them into u of Mesopotamia: and the child: hand of Chushan-rishathaim kto of Israel served Chushan-rishat aim eight years.

1 Kings x1, 9-11. And the Los was angry with Solomon, becau his heart was turned from u LORD God of Israel, which ha appeared unto him twice, An had commanded him concerni this thing, that he should not g that which the LORD commande after other gods: but he kept s Wherefore the LORD said on Solomon, Forasmuch as this done of thee, and thou hast kept my covenant statutes, which I have command thee, I will surely rend the kin dom from thee, and will give it thy servant.

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1 Kings xviii, 17, 18. And came to pass, when Ahab sa Elijah, that Ahab said unto him Art thou he that troubleth Israe And he answered, I have m troubled Israel; but thou, and th father's house, in that ye bav forsaken the commandments a the LORD, and thou hast followe Baalim.

1 Chron. v, 25, 26. And the transgressed against the God their fathers, and went a whoris after the gods of the people of th laud, whom God destroyed bef them. And the God of Isr stirred up the spirit of Pul kt. of Assyria, and the spirit of T gath-pilneser king of Assyria, an he carried them away, (even th Reubenites, and the Gadites, as the half tribe of Manasseb.) brought them unto Halah, an Habor, and Hara, and to t river Gozan, unto this day.

2 Chron. xxxiv, 22-25. And Ha kiah, and they that the king Aars! appointed, went to Huldah C prophetess, the wife of Shalla the son of Tikvath, the son Hasrah.

spake to her to that effect. And And they she answered them, Thus saith th LORD God of Israel, Tell ye t man that sent you to me, Th saith the LORD, Behold, I wil

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g evil upon this place, and
de inhabitants thereof, even
all the curses that are written in

the book which they have read
by the king of Judah: Because
ay have forsaken me, and have
med incense unto other gods,
they might provoke me to
ler with all the works of their
mds therefore my wrath shall
poured out upon this place,
shall not be quenched.
Jer. v. 19. And it shall come to
when ye shall say, Where-
doeth the LORD our God all
things unto us? then shalt
answer them, Like as ye have
den me, and served strange
in your land, so shall ye
e strangers in a land that is

der, fx, 12-14. Who is the wise
that may understand this?
ho is he to whom the mouth
the Load hath spoken, that he
y declare it, for what the land
eth and is burnt up like a
erness, that none passeth
And the LORD saith, Be-
they have forsaken my law
let before them, and have
deyed my voice, neither
therein; But have walked
fer the imagination of their own
sad after Baalim, which
Meir faters taught them.
Term 10, 11. And it shall
me to pass, when thou shalt
this people all these words,
d they shall say unto thee,
refore bath the LORD pro-
ved all this great evil against
what is our iniquity? or
t is our sin that we have com-
Dited against the LORD our God?
en shalt thou say unto them,
buse your fathers have for-
lenme, saith the LORD, and have
ated after other gods, and have
ved them, and have worshipped
, and have forsaken me, and
Are not kept my law.

Jer. xvill, 16. To make the land
date, and a perpetual hissing:
that passeth thereby
Every one
all be astonished, and wag his

Jo. xix, 3, 4. Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, the
watch whosoever heareth, his ears
Because they have
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Toraken me, and have estranged
this place, and have burnt incense
fait unto other gods, whom neither
They nor their fathers have known,
For the kings of Judah, and have
Slied this place with the blood of

Jer. xxii, 8, 9. And many na-
pass by this city, and
tims shall
they shall say every man to his
neighbour, Wherefore hath the
Loas done thus unto this great
Then they shall answer, Be-

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2 Sam, v, 21. And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

2 Kings x, 26-28. And they

the house of Baal, and burned image of Baal, and brake down them. And they brake down the the house of Baal, and made it a Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. draught-house unto this day. Thus,

brought forth the images out of

1 Chron. xiv, 12. And when they had left their gods there, David were burnt with fire. gave a commandment, and they

2 Chron. xv, S. And when As

heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim,

2 Chron. xv, 16. And also concerning Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and

burnt it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chron. xxxi, 1. Now, when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all.

2 Chron. xxxiii, 15. And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built

in the mount of the house of the

LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2 Chron.xxxiv, 3, 4, 6, 7, 33. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images that were on high above them he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks, round about. And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel he returned to Jerusalem. Aud Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Isa. xxxvii, 18, 19. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries. And have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone:

therefore they have destroyed | Beth-shemesh, that is in the
them.
of Egypt; and the houses c
gods of the Egyptians sha
burn with fire.

bones of the kings of Judah, and
Jer. vill, 1, 2. At that time, saith
the LORD, they shall bring out the
the bones of his princes, and the
of the prophets, and the bones of
bones of the priests, and the bones
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out
of their graves: And they shall
spread them before the sun, and
heaven, whom they have loved,
the moon, and all the host of
and whom they have served, and
after whom they have walked,
and whom they have sought, and
whom they have worshipped: they
shall not be gathered, nor be
buried; they shall be for dung
upon the face of the earth.

DIVINE WARNINGS AGAINST
FALSE GODS.

the God of Israel, saith, Beb Jer. xlvi, 25. The LORD of and Pharaoh, and Egypt, will punish the multitude o their gods, and their kings, Pharaoh, and all them that in him.

be ashamed of Chemosh, a Jer. xlviii, 13. And Moab house of Israel was asham Beth-el their confidence.

nations, and publish, and s Jer. 1, 2. Declare ye amon a standard; publish, and a not: say, Babylon is taker is confounded, Merodach is b in pieces; her idols are confou her images are broken in piš

Jer. li, 44, 47, 52. And ]

through the land of Egypt this punish Bel in Babylon....
Exod. xii, 12. For I will pass
night, and will smite all the first- Therefore, behold, the days
born in the land of Egypt, both that I will do judgment upc
gods of Egypt I will execute judged, and all her slain shall f
man and beast; and against all the graven images of Babylon
her whole land shall be confi
behold, the days come, sait
the midst of her. Wher
LORD, that I will do judg
upon her graven images,
through all her land the wou
shall groan.

ment: I am the LORD.

Exod. xxiii, 18. And in all things
that I have said unto you be cir-
cumspect: and make no mention
of the name of other gods, neither
let it be heard out of thy mouth.

tians buried all their first-born,
Num. xxxiii, 4. (For the Egyp-
which the LORD had smitten
also
among them; upon their gods
the LORD executed judg-

ments.)

Isa. il, 18. And the idols he shall
utterly abolish. . . . .

Behold, the LORD rideth upon a
Isa. xix, 1. The burden of Egypt.
swift cloud, and shall come into
Egypt: and the idols of Egypt
shall be moved at his presence,
and the heart of Egypt shall melt
in the midst of it.

Isa. xxvi, 14. They are dead,
they shall not live; they are
deceased, they shall not rise:
therefore hast thou visited and
destroyed them, and made all
their memory to perish.

every man shall cast away his
Isa. xxxi, 7. For in that day
idols of silver, and his idols of
gold, which your own hands have
made unto you for a sin,

Jer. x, 11. Thus shall ye say
unto them, The gods that have
not made the heavens and the
earth, even they shall perish from
the earth, and from under these
heavens.

Jer. xliii, 12, 13. And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives... He shall break also the images of 280

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shall be desolate, and your in Ezek. vi, 4-6. And your i shall be broken; and I will down your slain men before idols. And I will lay the carcases of the children of 1 before their idols; and I will ter your bones round about altars. waste, and the high places places the cities shall be In all your dwe be desolate; that your altars be laid waste and made des and your idols may be broker cease, and your images ma cut down, and your works ш abolished.

Lord Gon; I will also destroy Ezek. xxx, 18. Thus saith idols, and I will cause their in to cease out of Noph.

her mouth, and they shall nor away the names of Baalim or Hosea ii, 17. For I will be remembered by their nam

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Hosea x, 2. Their hear faulty: he divided; now shall they be fo their altars, he shall spoil shall break images.

images thereof shall be beate Micah 1,7. And all the g shall be burnt with the fire, pieces, and all the hires the all the idols thereof will I lay solate: for she gathered it of return to the hire of an harlot hire of an harlot, and they &

Meal, 13. Thy graven images vill I cut off, and thy standimages out of the midst of and thou shalt no more worhp the work of thine hands. Bai, 14. And the LORD hath ven a commandment concerning ee, that no more of thy name be RE: out of the house of thy gods I cut off the graven image, the molten image: I will ke thy grave; for thou art will

pi, 11. The LORD

all the gods of the earth. c. xiii, 2. And it shall come ps in that day, saith the Leo of bosts, that I will cut off

es of the idols out of the and they shall no more be bered; and also I will cause prophets and the unclean this to pass out of the land.

VI. INCONSISTENCY AND ABSURDITY OF

IDOLATRY.

-IDOLS MADE BY MAN ELF, AND THEREFORE PASSIVE AND USELESS.

, 32. With whomsohon findest thy gods, let live: before our brethren thou what is thine with take it to thee. For knew not that Rachel had

them.

xxxil, 20. And he took alf which they had made, and it in the fire, and ground it owder, and strawed it upon water, and made the children el drink of it.

ut, ix, 20, 21. And the LORD very angry with Aaron to destroyed him: and I prayed same time. Aaron also the

sin, the calf I took your bye had made, and burnt it fire, and stamped it, and and if very small, even until if 18 small as dust; and I cast dust thereof into the brook descended out of the mount.

xxxil, 37, 38. And he shall Where are their gods, their they trusted; in whom eth did eat the fat of their ces, and drank the wine of r drink-offerings? let them rise and help you, and be your

stection.

Fudges x, 14. Go and cry unto
gods which ye have chosen;
them deliver you in the time
your tribulation.
Judges xviii, 17. And the five
spy out the
a that went to
el went up, and came in thither,
d took the graven image, and

IDOLATRY.-IDOLS.

the ephod, and the teraphim, and
the molten image: and the priest
stood in the entering of the gate
with the six hundred men that
were appointed with weapens of
war.

1 Kings xviii, 21, 29. And Elijah
came unto all the people, and
said, How long halt ye between
two opinions? if the LORD be God,
follow him: but if Baal, then fol-
low him. And the people an-
swered him not a word. And it
came to pass, when mid-day was
past, and they prophesied until
the time of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that there was
neither voice, nor any to answer,
nor any that regarded.

2 Kings xviii, 33-35. Hath any
of the gods of the nations delivered
at all his land out of the hand of
the king of Assyria? Where are
the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad?
where are the gods of Sephar-
vaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they
delivered Samaria out of mine
hand? Who are they among all
the gods of the countries, that
have delivered their country out
of mine hand, that the LORD
should deliver Jerusalem out of
mine hand?

2 Kings xix, 12, 13, 17, 18. Have
the gods of the nations delivered
them which my fathers have de-
stroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and
Rezeph, and the children of Eden
which were in Thelasar? Where
is the king of Hamath, and the
king of Arpad, and the king of
the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,
and Ivah? Of a truth, LORD, the
kings of Assyria have destroyed
the nations and their lands; And
have cast their gods into the fire:
for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and
they have de-
stone; therefore
stroyed them.

Now it
2 Chron. xxv, 14, 15.
came to pass, after that Amaziah
was come from the slaughter of
the Edomites, that he brought the
set them up to be his gods, and
gods of the children of Seir, and
bowed down himself before them,
and burned incense unto them.
Wherefore the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Amaziah, and
he sent unto him a prophet, which
said unto him, Why hast thou
sought after the gods of the peo-
ple, which could not deliver their
own people out of thine hand?

2 Chron. xxxil, 13. Know ye not
what I and my fathers have done
unto all the people of other lands?
were the gods of the nations
of those lands any ways able to
deliver their lands out of mine
hand.

Ps. CXV, 4-8. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but

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they speak not; eyes have they,
but they see not; They have
ears, but they hear not; noses have
they, but they smell not; They
have hands, but they handle not;
feet have they, but they walk not;
neither speak they through their
throat. They that make them
are like unto them; so is every
one that trusteth in them.

Ps. cxxxv, 15-18. The idols of
the heathen are silver and gold,
the work of men's hands. They
have mouths, but they speak not;
eyes have they, but they see not;
They have ears but they hear not;
neither is there any breath in their
are like unto them; so is every
mouths; They that make them
one that trusteth in them.

Isa. x, 10, 11. As my hand hath graven images did found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols.

Isa. xxxvi, 19. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Isa. xli, 23, 24, 29. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are we may be dismayed, and behold gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that it together. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: Behold, they are all an abomination is he that chooseth you. vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Isa. xliv, 9-11, 15-20. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know; that they may be Who hath formed a ashamed. god, or molten a graven image, that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be are of men: ashamed; and the workmen, they gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a eth it a graven image, and falleth god, and worshippeth it: he makdown thereto. He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, ho warmeth himself, and saith, Alia, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou ar

let them all be

my god. They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burnt part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down

to the stock of a tree? He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand.

Isa. xlv, 16. They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of

idols.

Isa. xlvi, 1, 2, 7, 8. Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop; they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. Remember this, and shew yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

Jer. x, 14. Every man is brutish in his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is false, and there is no breath in

them.

Jer. xi,12. Then shall the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Jer. li, 17, 18. Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Daniel xi, 8. And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the

north.

Hosea viii, 6. For from Israel was it also: the workman made it;

therefore it is not God: but the

calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

Hab. ii, 18, 19. What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone. Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

Zech. x, 2. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain.

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2 Cor. vi, 15, 16. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2.-EARLY PREVALENCE AND GENERAL SPREAD OF

IDOLATRY.

Deut. iv, 27, 28. And the LORD
shall scatter you among the
nations, and ye shall be left few
in number among the heathen,
whither the LORD shall lead you.
And there ye shall serve gods,
the work of men's hands, wood
and stone, which neither see, nor
hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Deut. xxviii, 36, 64. The LORD
shall bring thee, and thy king
which thou shalt set over thee,
unto a nation which neither thou
nor thy fathers have known; and
there shalt thou serve other gods,
wood and stone. And the LORD
shall scatter thee among all peo-
ple, from the one end of the earth
even unto the other; and there
thou shalt serve other gods,
which neither thon nor thy fathers
bave known, even Wood
stone.

and

fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

possess that which Chemosh thy Judges xi, 24. Wilt not thou god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us them will we possess.

children of Dan set up the graven Judges xviii, 30, 31. And the

image: and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

cast you out of this land into a Jer. xvi, 13. Therefore will I land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night, where I will not shew you favour.

Ezek. xx, 32. 39. And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Gos, Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

Hosea iv, 17. Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

waited for them at Athens, his Acts xvii, 16-18. Now while Pl spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to lack try. Therefore disputed he in the Synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Then certai philosophers of the Epicureane and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, le seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preache unto them Jesus, and the restr

Deut. xxxi, 16, 20. And the LORD
said unto Moses, Behold, thou
shalt sleep with thy fathers; and
this people will rise up, and go a
whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land whither they
go to be among them, and will
forsake me, and break my cove-rection.
nant which I have made with
them. For when I shall have
brought them into the land which
I sware unto their fathers, that
floweth with milk and honey;
and they shall have eaten and
filled themselves, and waxen fat;
then will they turn unto other
gods, and serve them, and provoke
me, and break my covenant.

Josh. xxiv, 2. And Joshua said
unto all the people, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, Your

Acts xix, 35, 36 And when the town-clerk had appeased the ps ple, he said, Ye men of Ep what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down fr Jupiter? Seeing then that the things cannot be spoken against ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

1 Cor. xii, 2. Ye know that ye

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