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1 Kings xiv. 22. Judah did Evil in the Sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to Jealousy with their Sins.

Ver. 23. They built him high Places, and Images, and Groves, on every high Hill, and under every green Tree.

Ver. 25. And it came to pass that Shishak King of Egypt, came againft Jerufalem,

Ver. 26. And he took away the Treasures of the House of the Lord, and the Treafures of the King's Houfe, he took away all the Shields of Gold, which Solomon had made.

2 Kings xvii. 16. They made molten Images, even two Calves and made a Grove, and worshipped all the Hoft of Heaven, and worshipped Baal.

Ver. 17. They caufed their Sons and their Daughters to pass through the Fire, and used Divination and Inchantments.

Ver. 18. Therefore the Lord was angry with Ifrael, and removed them out of his Sight, Ver. 20.

2 Chron. xxviii. 2. Ahaz made molten Images for Baalim.

Ver. 3. He burnt his Children in the Fire, after the Abomination of the Heathen, &c.

Ver. 5. Wherefore the Lord delivered him into the Hands of the King of Affyria.

xxxiii. 7. Manaffeh set a carved Image in the House of God. Ver. 9. He made Judah and the Inhabitants of Jerufalem to err. Ver. 11. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the Captains of the Hoft of the King of Affyria, which took Manaffeh and bound him with Fetters, and carried him to Babylon, 2 Kings 21. 7. 12. xxxiii. 22. Amon facrificed to all carved Images.

Ver. 24. And his Servants confpired against him, and flew him. Pf. lxxviii. 58. They provoked him to Anger, with their high Places, and moved him to Jealousy with their graven Images. Ver. 59. And God was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel.

Ver. 62. He gave his People over to the Sword.

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Ifa. viii. 19. Why have they provoked me to Anger, with their graven Images?

Ver. 22. Why is not the Health of the Daughter of my People restored?

Jer. 1. 37. A Sword is upon their Treasures,

Ver. 38. For it is a Land of graven Images, they are mad upon their Images.

Ezek. vii. 20. They made the Images of their Abominations in the House of the Lord.

Ver. 21. I will give it into the Hands of the Wicked for a Spoil, and they shall spoil it, Ch. 6. 4.-5. 13.

viii. 12. Seeft thou what the Ancients of Ifrael do in the Dark, every one in the House of his Imagery.

Ver. 18. Therefore will I deal in Fury, mine Eye fhall 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. Thou madeft thyself Images. See to Ver. 30.

Ver. 20. Therefore I have delivered thee into the Hand of them that hate thee.

Chap. 23. throughout, Ifrael's Apoftacy and Punishment.

Dan. iii. 1. The King made an Image, Ver. 5. He commanded to worship it.

iv. 25. They hall drive thee from among Men, thy Dwelling shall be with the Beafts of the Field.

Hof. x. J. According to the Goodness of his Land they have made goodly Images.

Ver. 10. It is my Defire that I should chaft ife them, Ch. 3. 4. xi. 2. They facrificed unto Baalim, and burnt Incense to graven Images.

Ver. 5. The Affyrian fhall be his King.

xiii. 2. They fin more and more, and have made them molten Images of their Silver.

Ver. 3. Therefore they fhall be as the Chaff, that is driven with the Whirl-wind.

Am. v. 26. Ye have born the Tabernacle of your Moloch, and Chiun your Images.

Ver. 27. Therefore will I caufe you to go into Captivity.

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Rom. i. 23. They changed the Glory of God into an Image. Ver. 24 Wherefore God gave them up, &c. Rev. 13. 14. 20.-16. 2. See alfo Lev. 26. 14. 30. Ifa. 21. 9.-27. 9. Jer. 43. 10. 13-50, 2.-51. 47. 52. Ezek. 6. 4. 6.30 13. Hof. 3. 4. Mic. 1. 7.-5. 13.

149. Images, no Reprefentation 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 faw no Manner of Similitude.

Ver. 15. Take therefore Heed unto yourselves,

Ver. 16 Left ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven Image, the Similitude of any Figure, the Likeness of Male or Female, Ver. 17, 18. 19.

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Ifa. xl. 18. To whom will ye liken God, or what Likeness will ye compare unto him, Ver. 25. Ch. 46. 5.

Acts xvii. 29. We ought not to think that the God-head is like unto Gold or Silver, or Stone, graven by Art and Man's Device.

Images are Vanity. Ifa. 49. 19. 20.—41. 29.—44. 9, 10. to 18. 45. 20. Jer. 10. 8. 14. Hab. 2. 18, 19.

150. They were commanded to be broken Lev. vii. 25. Ye fhall deftroy their Altars, and break down their Images, and cut down their Groves, and burn their graven Images with Fire.

Numb. xxxiii. 52. Ye thall 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. 23. 24-34. 13. Deut. 7. 5. 25. Ifa. 30. 22.-17. 8. Deut. 2. 3. 151. Images were broken dosyn. Exod. xxxii. 20. Mofes 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. 11. 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 Mofes had made, for the Children of Ifrael did burn Incenfe to it.

xxiii. 14. Jofiah brake in Pieces the Images, and cut down the Groves, &c. Ver. 19. 24.

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2 Chron. xiv. 3. Afa brake down their Images, Ver. 5.

152. Inftances of Images used by Apoftates, as outward Symbols in worThip offered to the true God.

Exod. xxxii. 4, 5. To the Golden Calf, Neh. 9. 18. Judges 17. 3. Micah's Image, Ver. 13. Ch. 18. 31. 1 Kings 12. 26. to 33,Jeroboam's Calves.

153. Worship to Images refufed, though commanded by Kings.

Dan. iii. 18. Refufed by Shedrach, Mefhech and Abednego.

1 Kings xix. 4. By seven Thousand in Ifrael. Rom. 11. 4. Rev. 15. 2.-20. 4.

154. Threats against Idols and Idolaters. Ifa. ii. 8. Their Land is full of Idols, they worship the Work of their own Hands, that which their own Fingers have made.

Ver. 9. The mean Man boweth down, and the great Man humbleth himself, therefore forgive them not, Ch. 27. 11.

Ver. 18. The Idols he fhall utterly abolish.

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Ver. 20. In that Day shall a Man caft 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.

Ver. 21. To go into the Clifts of the Rocks, and into the Tops of the ragged Rocks, for Fear of the Lord, and for the Glory of his Majefty, when he arifeth to thake terribly the Earth.

xix. 1. The Lord rideth upon a fwift Cloud, and shalt come into Egypt, the Idols of Egypt fhall be moved at his Prefence.

Ver. 3. They fhall feek to the Idols, and to the Charmers, and to them that have familiar Spirits, and to the Wizards. See to Ver. 18. Their Punilhment.

xlv. 16. They shall go to Confufion, that are Makers of Idols. Zeph. i. 3. I will confume, faith the Lord, the Stumbling Blocks with the Wicked, Eżek. 14. 4. 7.

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Ver. 4. I will cut off the Remnant of Baal from this Place.

Vet. And them that worship the Hoft of Heaven, and that fwear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham: See Threats to Ver. 18. -Zech. xiii. 2. Thus faith the Lord, I will cut off the Names of Idols out of the Land of Egypt. Ezek. 30 12.

I Cor. vi. 9. Idolaters fhall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, Eph. 5. 5.

Rev. xxi. 4. Idolaters fhall have their Portion in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone.

xxii. 15. Without (the heavenly Jerufalem) are Dogs and Sorcerers, and Whoremongers, and Murderers, and Idolaters, &c.

155 Promifes, Warnings and Exhortations, against Idolatry.

Ezek. xviii 6. If a Man be just, and hath not lift up his Eyes to Idols he fhall live, Ver. 9.

Vet. 17. He shall not die for the Iniquity of his Father.

xxxvi 25. From all your Idols will I cleanse you, Ch. 37. 23.— Ifa. 31.7 27.9.

Acts xv. 20. Write to them that they abstain from Idolatry.

Ver. 29. That they abftain form Meats offered to Idols, Ch. 21. 25. Rev. 2. 14. 20.

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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 fuch an one no not to eat.

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Against eating with Idolaters at their Sacrifices. See 1 Cor. 8. 4. to Ch. 10. 19, 20.

x. 7. Neither be ye Idolaters as fome of the Jews were.

Ver. 14. Flee from Idolatry.

2 Cor. vi. 16. What Agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols.

1 John v. 21. Little Children keep yourfelves from Idols.

Idols are vanity. See Ifa. 46. 1.-48. 5. Ezek. 8. 6. Zech. 10. Idolatries abominable, 1 Pet. 4. 3. Sacrificing to Devils. 1 Cor. 10. 20. Rev. 9. 20.

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156. God's Fudgments upon Idolaters. Pl. cvi. 25. They learned the Works of the Heathen, Ver. 36. And ferved their Idols.

Ver 40. Therefore was the Wrath of the Lord kindled against his People. See Ifa. 2. 8, 9. See to Ver. 22.

Ifa. lvii. 4. Are ye not Children of Tranfgreffion, a Seed of Falfehood.

Ver. 5. Enflaming yourselves with Idols.

Ver. 10. Thou art wearied in the Greatness of thy Way.

Ver. 12. Thy Works fhall not profit thee.

Ezek. vi. 5. 1 will lay the dead Carcafes of the Children of Israel before their Idols, Ver. 6. 9 13.

viii. 10. I faw the Idols of Ifrael pourtrayed upon the Wall.
Ver. 18. I will deal in Fury, mine Eye fhall not fpare.
xiv. 3. These Men have fet up their Idols in their Heart.

Ver. 4. Thus faith the Lord, every Man of the Houfe of Ifrael, that fetteth up his Idols in his Heart, and cometh to the Prophet, I the Lord will anfwer him that cometh according to the Multitude of his Idols.

Ver. 5. That I may take the Houfe of Ifrael in their own Heart, because they are estranged from me through their Idols, Ver. 6. 8, 9. xvi. 36. Thus faith the Lord God, because thy Filthinefs was poured out, and thy Nakednefs difcovered through thy Whoredoms, with thy Lovers, and with all the Idols of thine Abominations.

Ver. 38. I will judge thee as a Woman that breaketh Wedlack, Ver. 37.

xx. 7. Then faid I, defile not yourselves with Idols, but they rebelled against me.

Ver. 8. Then faid I, I will pour out my Fury upon them. See to Ver. 40.

xxii, 3. Thus faith the Lord, the City maketh Idols against herself to defile herself.

Ver. 4. Therefore have I made thee a Reproach. See Chap. 23d throughout. xxxiii. 25.

Thus faith the Lord, ye lift up your Eyes unto your Idols, and fhall ye poffefs the Land? See alfo Ver. 27, 28.

xxxvi. 18. I poured out my Fury upon them because of their Idols.

xliv. 10. Ifrael went aftray from me after their Idols.
Ver. 12. Therefore have I lift up mine Hand against them.

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Hof. iv. 17, Ephraim is joined to Idols, let him alone.

In the following Places, and most of thofe quoted from Ezek. Idolatry is reproved and threatened, under the Name of Whoredom, Filthinefs and Abomination, viz. Hof. 1. 2.—2, 2.-4. 10. 13.—5. 3. -6. 10.-9. 1. Nah. 3. 4. Rev. 17. 1. 15.-19. 2. Idolatry to be purged. See Commandment First.

157. Magicians. Exod. 7th, 8th, and 9th, Chapters. Dan ii. 2. Sorcerers.

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5. I will be a swift Witness against the Sorcerer.

Rev. xxi. 8. Sorcerers fhall have their Portion in the Lake that burneth with Fire and Brimstone.

xxii. 15. Without the new Jerufalem are Dogs and Sorcerers. Ifa. 47.9-57. 3. Jer. 27. 9, 10. Rev. 9. 21.-18. 1. Acts 8, 9. Simon, Acts 13. 6. 8. Elimas.

158. Inchanters. Lev. xix. 26. Ye shall not use Inchantments, nor obferve Times,

Numb. xxiii. 23. No Inchantment against Jacob, no Divination against Ifrael.

159. Soothsayers. Ifa. ii. 6. Thou haft forfaken thy People, the House of Jacob, because they are replenished from the Eaft, and are Soothfayers like the Philiftines, and please themselves in the Children of Strangers.

Mic. v. 12. Thou shalt have no more Soothsayers. Jof. 13.22. Dan. 2.27.-5.7. 11. Acts 16. 16.

160. Obfervers of Times. Lev. xix. 26. Ye fhall not obferve Times. Deut. xviii 10. There shall not be found among you an Obferver of Times.

Ver. 14 Thefe Nations hearkened to the Obfervers of Times, and to Diviners, but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee to do fo.

Gal. iv. 10. Ye obferve Days and Months, and Times, and Years. Ver. 11. I am afraid of you left I have beftowed upon you Labour in vain, 2 Kings 10. 6.

161. Witches. Exod. xxii. 18. Thou shalt not fuffer a Witch to live. Deut. xviii. 10. There fhall not be found among you, one that useth Divination, or an Obferver of Times, or an Inchanter, or a Witch, Ver. 11, 12. Or a Charmer, or a Confulter with familiar Spirits, or a Wizard, or a Necromancer, for all these things are an Abomination to he Lord, See Inftances Balaam, Numb. 24. 1. Ifrael, 2 Kings 17. 17. fa. 47. 9. 12. Manaffeh, 2 Kings 21. 6. Exod. 7. 11. 22.-8. 7. 18. er. 27. 9.

Gal. v. 20. The Works of the Flesh are Witchcrafts. See 1 Sam. 5. 23. 2 Kings 9. 22. 2 Chron. 33. 6. Mic. 5. 12. Nah. 3, 4, 5: 162. Wizards. Lev. xix. 31. Regard not them that have familiar Spits, neither seek after Wizards to be defiled with them.

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6. The Soul that turneth after fuch I will furely cut him off, a. 8. 19.

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Deut. 18. II.

Ifa. 19. 3.
Command. Col. ii. 18,

Ver. 27. A Wizard fhall furely be put to
Sam. 28. 3. 9. 2 Kings 21. 6.-23. 24.
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