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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08142	A most godly and vvorthy treatis of holy signes sacrifices, and sacraments instituted of God, euen since the beginning of the world. Very necessary for Christian understanding. ; Seene and allowed by authority..	Worseley, Edw.	1609 (1609)	STC 23434.5; ESTC S95424	138,496	398

committed by the most great sacrificers as Kings Priests and others hauing the chiefe gouernement of the people When Moyses was abiding in the mount Synay to receiue the commandements of God his brother Aaron the high Priest forged a calfe of gold of the golden earings giuen vnto him by the people of Israell he builded an aulter offered incense and celebrated sacrifice causing the common people to worship the molten Image Was not this an abusing of the Sacrifices ordeined of God and a corrupting of the true vsage of the same in causing the calfe to be worshipped in place of the slaine and offered sacrifice as it was appointed in the law His sonnes Corruption of the sacrifice by Nadab Abihu Leui. 10 Numb 11. also Nadab Abihu were not they cōsumed with fire for abusing the vse of sacrifices in taking vnhallowed wood and corrupting the law The people of Israel vnthankfull for the goodnes done vnto them in being deliuered from the Pharaōical captiuity did they not murmure against the holy sacrament of heauenly Manna when they did disdaine and contemne this bread of life and demanded Iosua 7 flesh to eate Achan the sonne of Charmes did not he violate the lawe of the holy signes when he committed sacriledge and kept backe the spoyles of 〈◊〉 vowed consecrated to God for sacrifices If any more curiously desire to see the continuall abuses and corruptions of the people themselues let him reade the histories of the Iudges of Iudg. 2. 3. 6. 8. 9 Israel and in all times he shall find man neuer to be content with the true worshipping ordeined of God But in steed of outwarde signes ordeined of God to draw the people to feare and obediēce they haue forged inuentions And in place of reuerencing the alters and arke couenant in the name of the only God being outward sacred signes The Israelites infected with the Idolatries of Iudges 10 their neighbours the Syrians Sidonians Moabites Ammonites and Philistines did erect alters vnto their strange Gods Baal and Astaroth I●ptha Iudge The vdgentle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ie 〈◊〉 Iudg. ●● and Captaine of the Isralites did not he corrupt the lawe of Sacrifices when he sacrificed his owne proper daughter Iudg 8. 9 Idolatry by the Ephod Iudg. 17. 18. excusing himselfe by a vow which hee made which was not appointed to him of God The holy signe ordayned of God for the high Priest to celebrate sacrifices in called Ephod the vppermost garment was not it abused by Gedeon captaine of the Israelites when as of the spoiles of the Madianits and of their earings he made an Ephoa of gold whereby the people fell into great idolatrie How long time was this holy outward signe Ephod abused an Image being erected by the mother of Michas in 〈◊〉 Priests sacrificers appointed expresly to sacrifice thereunto an Altar builded and the true vse of sacrifices corrupted So long as as the temple continued in Silo into what wicked manners did the Priestes and sacrificers fall which were ordeined of God for the ministrie of sacrifices and holy sacraments when they vsurped by long possession to haue this priuiledge of the people that when 1 Sam. 2. they did sacrifice the flesh of the offered sacrifice was seathing their boy or seruant hauing a three grained flesh-hooke of yron in his hand had liberty to catch out of the potte or caldron all that he could cary with his hooke Further the leuiticall tiranny was such that this seruant of the Priest had libertie to demand of the sacrifice giuer flesh to roste for the sacrificer otherwise to take it by force euen as he would Was not this a great abuse and detestable corruption practised by the Pristes and chiefe sacrificers vnder the pretēce of sacrifices What greater corruption can be declared then that of the sonnes of the chiefe Ophni Phin●es corrupt●●s of the sacrifices 1 Samuel 4. Priest Ely called Ophni Phinees Who vnder the pretēce of deuotion comitted shameful whoredome with the couered women behinde the holy Tabernacle institued of God for the which wickednes they were miserably slaine and the Arke of couenāt taken away by the Philistines Which they set in the Temple 1. Samuel The arke of the holy couenant of their God Dagon but God not suffering this holy signe thus to bee prophaned threw downe the Image Dagon sent grieuous punishments to the Philistines in such sort that they were cōstrained to restore the Arke of the couenant of God This holy signe was so precious that forasmuch as the Bethsamits which were not of the order of the Leuits had abused it 50000 of the common people and 70. of the chiefe rulers were rooted out and slaine by the vengeance of God This example might make all Against corruption of holy signes those to tremble which enterprise to abuse the holy signes and sacraments ordeyned of God Vzzah also for that he abused the same 2. Samuel 6. Vzzah sacred signe notwithstanding that hee did it of a good intention for to lift vp the Arke of witnes hanging to much on the one side was hee not punished with death Of others abuses committed by the Israelits there is many examples Osias Osias was punished with leprosie for abusing 〈◊〉 the sacrifices in taking vpon him the ministery of encensing appointed to the priests onely Saul he first elected Saul 1 Sam. 13. Ioseph lib. 7 cap ● of the Iewes antiquities King of the Israelites was slaine and his kingdome giuen vnto another as was declared before of Samuel for abusing the sacrifices and suffering his people to commit the like abuses His successours in the kingdomes of Iuda and Israel haue not they alwaies continued in abusing and corrupting the sacrifices and sacraments ordeined of God when they did offer sacrifices to the Gods Astaroth of the Sidonians to Chanios 1 Kigs 8. 11. of the Moabites and to Melcom or Moloch of the Ammonites in so much that they builded temples and oratories euen to offer incense and to doe sacrifices vnto them ●●roboam king of the Israelites did not Hieroboam 1 Kings 12. only cause a golden calfe to be erected as the high Priest Aaron had abused before but also did ordaine two golden Kine in the two Temples of Bethlel and Dan and ordained strange Priests corrupting the law of God and causing them to doe sacrifice after the fashion of Kings 14. Aaron This Idolatrie and corruption of sacrifices did continue among the Israelites more than 400 yeares during the raigne of their kinges who had taught them to corrupt the true vse of the sacrifices in chapels and particuler oratories builded on the tops of hils and thicke forrests consecrated in violating the law of sacrifices ordained by God in the holy temple within the holy cittie For particuler examples of 1. Kings 15. the abuses committed against the true vse of sacrifices the historie of Maatha mother of king A●a is