and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord.-Ver. 8, 9. The plague was stayed.-Those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. Judg. i. 21. 27 to 34. They did not drive out the inhabitants. ii. 1-4. The angel of the Lord said, Ye have not obeyed my voice; wherefore I will not drive them out before you, but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. When the angel of the Lord spake these words, the children of Israel lifted up their voice and wept. iii. 6. The children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.-Ver. 8. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the king of Mesopotamia. 1 Kings xi. 1. Solomon loved many strange wives.-Ver. 4. When he was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods.-Ver. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, and said, I will rend the kingdom from thee. Ver. 11. 33. xvi. 31. Ahab took to wife Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians. Ch. xxi. 25. There was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 2 Kings v. 17, 18. Naaman asks pardon for being present at idolatrous worship, though he joined not in it. CXLII. Strange gods to be put away. Gen. xxxv. 2. Jacob said unto his household, Put away the strange gods that are among you. Ver. 4. Jos. xxiv. 14. 23. 1 Sam. vii. 3. Judges x. 16. They put away the strange gods, and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 2 Kings xxiii. 4, 5. Josiah put down the idolatrous priests. See to ver. 26. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 15. Manasseh put away the strange gods. Hos. xiv. 3. Neither will we say to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods. See Deut. xxxii. 12. Dan. iii. 12. CXLIII. Transgressors of this commandment among the people of Israel, and the enticers thereto, to be put to death by the hands of men. Deut. xiii. 1, 2. 5. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake, sàying, Let us go after other gods; that prophet, or that dreamer, shall be put to death. Ch. xviii. 20. 1 Sam. xxvi. 19. xiii. 6. 8, 9. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as thine own soul, entice thee, saying, Let us go and serve other gods; thou shalt not consent unto him, neither shalt thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him, but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. Ver. 12-16. If thou shalt hear say, in one of thy cities, Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of the city, saying, Let us go serve other gods; then thou shalt make search diligently, and if it be truth, thou shalt smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and destroy it utterly; it shall be an heap for ever. Deut. xvii. 2 to 8. 1 Kings xviii. 40. Job xxxi. 26-28. CXLIV. Threatenings against strange gods. Exod. xii. 12. Against the gods of Egypt will I execute judgment. Numb. xxxiii. 4. Upon the gods of Egypt the Lord executed judgments. Zeph. ii. 11. The Lord will famish all the gods of the earth. CXLV. Strange gods are vanity. Judg. vi. 31. Joash said, If Baal be a god, let him plead for himself. 1 Kings xviii. 21. Elijah said, If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. Ver. 27. Elijah mocked the priests of Baal, saying, Cry aloud: for he is a god either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth and must be awaked.-Ver. 29. There was neither voice nor any to answer. 2 Kings xix. 18. They were no gods. Ch. xviii. 35. 1 Chron. xvi. 26. All the gods of the people are idols. Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. Ver. 24. Acts xix. 26. Paul persuaded, saying, That they are no gods that are made with hands. the creature. Rom. i. 25. They worshipped and served Gal. iv. 8. Did service to them which by nature are no gods. CXLVI. Against inquiring concerning future events, from those who by nature are no gods. Isa. xli. 23. Shew the things to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods. 2 Kings i. 2. Ahaziah sent to inquire of the god of Ekron if he should recover.-Ver. 4. Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt surely die. and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments. Therefore the Lord was angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight. Ver. 20. 2 Chron. xxviii. 2, 3. Ahaz made molten Instance. Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7.-His images for Baalim. He burnt his children in punishment. 1 Chron. x. 13. COMMANDMENT SECOND. CXLVII. Images, the use of them forbid den, with preventive threatenings. Exod. xx. 4, 5. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God, am a jealous God. Ch. xxxiv. 17. Lev. xix. 4.-xxvi. 1. Deut. iv. 16, 17, 18, 19. 25.—v. 8. 30. xvi. 22. Deut. xxvii. 15. Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or a molten image, an abomi nation to the Lord. Ps. xcvii. 7. Confounded be all they that serve graven images. Isa, xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to another; nor my praise to graven images. the fire, after the abomination of the heathen, &c.-Ver. 5. Wherefore the Lord delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria. xxxiii. 7. Manasseh set a carved image in the house of God.-Ver. 9. He made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err.-Ver. 11. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 2 Kings xxi. 7. 12. Ver. 22. Amon sacrificed to all carved images.-Ver. 24. And his servants conspired against him, and slew him. Ps. lxxviii. 58, 59. They provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. And God was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel.Ver. 62. He gave his people over to the sword. Jer. viii. 19. 22. Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images? Why is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? For it is a land of graven images; they are 1. 37, 38. A sword is upon their treasures. mad upon their images. Rev. xiv. 9, 10. If any man worship the beast and his image, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and their abominations in the house of the Lord. Ezek. vii. 20. They made the images of brimstone, in the presence of the holy angels,Ver. 21. I will give it into the hands of the and in the presence of the Lamb, &c. wicked for a spoil, and they shall pollute it. Ch. vi. 4.-v. 13. CXLVIII. God's judgments upon the breakers of this commandment. Exod. xxxii. 4. Aaron made a molten calf. Deut. ix. 12. 16. Neh. ix. 18. Ps. cvi. 19. The Lord plagued the people, because of the calf which Aaron made. Exod. xxxii. 35. 1 Kings xiv. 9. Thou [Jeroboam] hast made thee molten images, to provoke me to anger. -Ver. 10. I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam. Ch. xvi. 3. xiv. 22, 23. Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins. They built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.-Ver. 25, 26. And it came to pass that Shishak, king of Egypt, came against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all the shields of gold, which Solomon had made. 2 Kings xvii. 16-18. They made molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, viii. 12. Seest thou what the ancients of Israel do in the dark, every one in the house of his imagery ?-Ver. 18. Therefore will I deal in fury, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. xvi. 17. 27. Thou madest thyself images, (See to ver. 30.) Therefore I have delivered thee into the hand of them that hate thee. See Ezek. xxiii. throughout; Israel's apostasy and punishment. Dan. iii. 1. 5. The king made an image. He commanded to worship it. Ch. iv. 25. They shall drive thee from among men; thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. Hos. x. 1. According to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.-Ver. 10. It is my desire that I should chastise them. Ch. ii. 13. xi. 2. They sacrificed unto Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images. Ver. 5. The Assyrian shall be his king. xiii. 2. They sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver.Ver. 3. Therefore they shall be as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind. Amos v. 26. Ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun, your images.-1 Ver. 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity. Rom. i. 23, 24. They changed the glory of God into an image. Wherefore God gave them up, &c. See Rev. xiii. 14.-xix. 20.--xvi. 2. See also Lev. xxvi. 14. 30. Isa. xxi. 9.-xxvii. 9. Jer. xliii. 10. 13.—l. 2.—li. 47. 52. Ezek. vi. 4.6.-xxx. 13. Hos. iii. 4. Mic. i. 7.—v. 13. CLII. Instances of images used by apostates, as outward symbols in worship offered to the true God. The golden calf, Exod. xxxii. 4, 5. Neh. ix. 18. Micah's image, Judg. xvii. 3.-ver. 13. Ch. xviii. 31. Jeroboam's calves, Kings xii. 26 to 33. CLIII. Worship to images refused, though commanded by kings. Dan. iii. 18. Refused by Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. 1 Kings xix. 18. By seven thousand in Israel. Rom. xi. 4. Rev. xv. 2.-xx. 4. CLIV. Threats against idols and idolaters. Isa. ii. 8, 9. Their land is full of idols: they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. The mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself, therefore forgive them not. Ch. xxvii. 11. CXLIX. Images, no representation of God. Deut. iv. 12. The Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire, ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude.-Ver. 15, 16. Take therefore heed unto yourselves, lest Ver. 18. The idols he shall utterly abolish. ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven-Ver. 20, 21. In that day shall a man cast image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female. Ver. 17, 18, 19. Isa. xl. 18. To whom will ye liken God, or what likeness will ye compare unto him? Ver. 25. Ch. xlvi. 5. Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made, each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. xix. 1. The Lord rideth upon a swift Images are vanity. Isa. xl. 19, 20.—xli. 29. cloud, and shall come into Egypt: the idols of -xliv. 9, 10 to 18.-xlv. 20. Jer. x. 8. 14. Egypt shall be moved at his presence.-Ver. 3. Hab. ii. 18, 19. They shall seek to the idols, and to the charmCL. They were commanded to be broken.ers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. See to ver. 18. Their pu Deut. vii. 5. Ye shall destroy their altars, and nishment. break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. Numb. xxxiii. 52. Ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places. Exod. xxiii. 24.-xxxiv. 13. Deut. vii. 5. 25. Isa. xxx. 22.-xvii. 8. CLI. Images were broken down. Exod. xxxii. 20. Moses burnt the calf which they had made in the fire. 2 Sam. v. 21. David burnt their images. 2 Kings iii. 2. Jehoram put away the images of Baal. x. 26. Jehu and his men burnt the images of Baal. Ch. xi. 18. xviii. 4. Hezekiah removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent which Moses had made, for the children of Israel did burn incense to it. xxiii. 14. Josiah brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, &c. Ver. 19. 24. 2 Chron. xiv. 3. Asa brake down the images. Ver. 5. xlv. 16. They shall go to confusion that are makers of idols. Zeph. i. 3. I will consume, saith the Lord, the stumbling-blocks with the wicked. Ezek. χίν. 4. 7. Ver. 4, 5. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and them that worship the host of heaven, and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham. See threats to ver. 18. Zech. xiii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I will I cut off the names of idols out of the land of Egypt. Ezek. xxx. 13. 1 Cor. vi. 9. Idolaters shall not enter the kingdom of God. Eph. v. 5. Rev. xxi. 8. Idolaters shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. xxii. 15. Without [the heavenly Jerusalem] are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, &c. CLV. Promises, warnings, and exhortations against idolatry. Ezek. xviii. 5, 6. 9. If a man be just, and hath not lifted up his ! eyes to idols, he shall live.-Ver. 17. He shall | Ver. 8. Then said I, I will pour out my fury not die for the iniquity of his father. upon them. See to ver. 40. xxxvi. 25. From all your idols will I cleanse you. Ch. xxxvii. 23. Isa. xxxi. 7.xxvii. 9. Acts xv. 20. Write to them that they abstain from idolatry.-Ver. 29. That they abstain from meats offered to idols. Ch. xxi. 25. Rev. ii. 14. 20. 1 Cor. v. 11. I have written unto you, If any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one do not eat. Against eating with idolaters at their sacrifices, see 1 Cor. viii. 4 to 13. Ch. x. 19, 20. x. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as some of the Jews were.-Ver. 14. Flee from idolatry. 2 Cor. vi. 16. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? xxii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, The city maketh idols against herself to defile herself. -Ver. 4. Therefore have I made thee a reproach. See chap. xxiii. throughout. xxxiii. 25. Thus saith the Lord, Ye lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shall ye possess the land? See also ver. 27, 28. xxxvi. 18. I poured out my fury upon them because of their idols. xliv. 10. Israel went astray from me after their idols.-Ver. 12. Therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them. Hos. iv. 17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone. In the following places, and most of those quoted from Ezek. idolatry is reproved and threatened under the name of whoredom, filthiness, and abomination, viz. Hos. i. 2.—ii. 2. 1 John v. 21. Little children, keep yourselves-iv. 10. 13.—v. 3.—vi. 10.—ix. 1. Nah. iii. from idols. Idols are vanity. See Isa. xlvi. 1.-xlviii. 5. Zech. x. 2.-Idolatries abominable, Ezek. viii. 6. 1 Pet. iv. 3.-Sacrificing to devils, 1 Cor. x. 20. Rev. ix. 20. CLVI. God's judgments upon idolaters. Ps. cvi. 35, 36. They learned the works of the heathen; and served their idols.-Ver. 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people. See Isa. ii. 8, 9, and to ver. 22. 4. Rev. xvii. 1. 15.-xix. 2. Idolatry to be purged. See Commandment first. CLVII. Upon magicians. Exod. 7th, 8th, and 9th chapters. Dan. ii. 2. Sorcerers. Mal. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers. Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers shall have their portion in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. xxii. 15. Without [the new Jerusalem] are dogs and sorcerers. Isa. xlvii. 9.-lvii. 3. Jer. Isa. lvii. 4, 5. Are ye not children of trans-xxvii. 9, 10. Rev. ix. 21.-xviii. 23. Acts gression, a seed of falsehood; inflaming your-viii. 9. Simon. Acts xiii. 6. 8. Elymas. selves with idols ?-Ver. 10. Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way.-Ver. 12. Thy works shall not profit thee. Ezek. vi. 5. I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols. Ver. 6. 9. 13. viii. 10. I saw the idols of Israel pourtrayed upon the wall.-Ver. 18. I will deal in fury; mine eye shall not spare. xiv. 3. These men have set up their idols in their heart.-Ver. 4, 5. Thus saith the Lord, every man of the house of Israel, that setteth up his idols in his heart, and cometh to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him that cometh, according to the multitude of his idols that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are estranged from me through their idols. Ver. 6. 8. 9. xvi. 36. 38. Thus saith the Lord God, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thine abominations: I will judge thee as women that break wedlock. Ver. 37. CLVIII. Enchanters. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not use enchantments nor observe times. Numb. xxiii. 23. No enchantment against Jacob; no divination against Israel. CLIX. Soothsayers. Isa. ii. 6. Thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and please themselves in the children of strangers. Mic. v. 12. Thou shalt have no more sooth sayers. Josh. xiii. 22. Dan. ii. 27.-v. 7. 11. Acts xvi. 16. CLX. Observers of times. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not observe times. Deut. xviii. 10. There shall not be found among you an observer of times.-Ver. 14. These nations hearkened to observers of times, and to diviners, but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee to do so, Gal. iv. 10, 11. Ye observe days and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest xx. 7. Then said I, Defile not yourselves I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 2 with idols; but they rebelled against me.-Kings xxi. 6. CLXI. Witches. Exod. xxii. 18. Thou in my name; I have not sent them, saith the shalt not suffer a witch to live. Deut. xviii. 10-12. There shall not be found among you, one that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer: for all these things are an abomination to the Lord. Lord. Ezek. xii. 24.-xxi. 29.-xxii. 28. Mic. iii. 7. 11. Zech. x. 2. CLXV. Threatenings against them. Isa. xliv. 25, 26. The Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of liars, and maketh diviners mad, that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of Isa. xlvii. 9. 12.—his messengers. Exod. vii. 11. 22. See Instances. Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 1.Israel, 2 Kings xvii. 17. Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. 6. -viii. 7. 18. Jer. xxvii. 9. Gal. v. 20. The works of the flesh are witchcraft. See 1 Sam. xv. 23. 2 Kings ix. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. Mic. v. 12. Nah. iii. 4, 5. 22. CLXII. Wizards. Lev. xix. 31. Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them. Ezek. xiii. 9. My hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and divine lies. Ver. 23. CLXVI. Familiar spirits forbidden, with threatenings against them, and those that consult them. Lev. xix. 31.-xx. 6. 27. Isa. viii. 19. They were put away by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii. 3. 9.-By Josiah, 2 Kings xxiii. 24.-They xx. 6. The soul that turneth after such I will were consulted by Saul, 1 Sam. xxviii. 7, 8. surely cut him off. (Isa. viii. 19.) Ver. 27. A1 Chron. x. 13.-By Manasseh, 2 Kings xxi. wizard shall surely be put to death. Deut. 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii, 6.-By the Egyptians, xviii. 11. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3. 9. 2 Kings xxi. Isa. xix. 3.-They mutter and peep out of 6. xxiii. 24. Isa. xix. 3. the dust, Isa. xxix. 4. To which may be added as breaches of this command. Col. ii. 18. Worshipping of angels. Rev. xix. 10. Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours to men. xiv. 13. Sacrificing unto men. COMMANDMENT THIRD. CLXVII. Profaning the name of God. Exod. xx. 7. Thou shalt not take the name 1 Cor. x. 20. Sacrificing to devils. Lev. of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord xvii. 7. Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry It is called going a-whoring. Lev. xvii. 7. Ezek. xvi. 15. 28.-xx. 30.-xxiii. 8. 17. 43. And in many other places, as may be observed from the Scriptures in the foregoing sections. CLXIII. Diviners; instances thereof. Numb. xxii. 7. The elders of Moab departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, and came to Balaam. Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon stood to use divination. Deut. xviii. 14. These nations hearkened to diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2. Ver. 10. There shall not be found among you one that useth divination. Gen. xliv. 5. 1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts xvi. 16. CLXIV. They are deceivers and false prophets. Jer. xiv. 14. They prophesy unto you a false divination. xxvii. 9, 10. Hearken not to your diviners, your dreamers, your enchanters, your sorcerers. They prophesy a lie unto you. xxix. 8, 9. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Let not your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you | will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Deut. v. 11. Lev. xviii. 21. Neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God. Ch. xix. 12.—xx. 3. —xxi. 6.—xxii. 2. 32. CLXVIII. Swearing falsely. Lev. xix. 12. Ye shall not swear by my name falsely. Jer. vii. 9, 10. Will ye swear falsely, and Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight. come and stand before me in this house? xxiii. 10. Because of swearing the land mourneth. Hos. iv. 2, 3. By swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. Zech. v. 3, 4. This is the curse that goeth forth; every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it. It shall enter the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. viii. 17. Love no false oath-It is an abomination to the Lord. |