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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68868	A treatise of the foure degenerate sonnes viz. the atheist the magician the idolater· and the Iew. VVherein are handled many profitable questions concerning atheisme, witchcraft, idolatry, and Iudaisme: and sundry places of Scripture, cleared out of the originall tongues. Being the fourth volume, of the Workes of Mr. Ioh. Weemse of Lathocker in Scotland, and Prebend of Dunelm.; Works. Vol. 4	Weemes, John, 1579?-1636.	1636 (1636)	STC 25218; ESTC S119529	289,084	416

Egypt ye shall not doe The next increase of Idolatry in the Wildernesse The next increase of Idolatry in the wildernesse was when they set up a golden calf to worship there because they saw the oxe worshipped in Egypt Ezec. 23.19 Yet she multiplyed her whoredomes in calling to remembrance the dayes of her youth wherein she played the harlot in the Land of Egypt The Idolatry of Egypt was a baser sort of Idolatry then the Idolatry of the Assirians Many were the plagues which they got out of Egypt first they brought out of Egypt the filthy leprosie or scab which lasted so long amongst them in the land of Canaan Secondly they forgat their circumcision for fourty yeares in the wildernesse and this they learned from the Egyptians who circumcised not Therefore when they came to Gilgall and were circumcised the Lord said Ios 3.9 this day have Irolled away the reproach of the Egyptians from you Thirdly the blasphemer who cursed the Lord Levit. 24. his mother was an Egyptian Fourthly the greatest part of that Miscellanea turba of whom they learned to speake with open mouth against the Lord came out of Egypt Exod 12.38 Fiftly they gate the patterne of this golden calfe out of Egypt and the second time Ieroboam brought the patterne of the golden calfes which he fet up out of Egypt and Sheshak King of Egypt was the first who robbed the temple of God 1 King 14.26 The Lord objects to his people Ier. 2.18 what hast thou to doe in the way of Egypt to drinke the waters of Sihor Sihor was a river in Egypt and to drinke the water of Sihor was to commit whoredome and spirituall Adulterie So Salomon calles bodily Adultery water stolen waters are sweete Prov. 9.7 and they say Abstine ab aqua aliena This water was called Sihor which signifieth blackenesse when they dranke this water they committed a baser sort of Idolatrie The Idolatrie of Egypt was a baser sort of Idolatry then the Idolatry of the Assirians then when they dranke the water of the river Euphrates for when they followed the Idolatrie of the Egyptians they worshipped oxen but when they dranke of the river Euphrates and followed their Idolatrie they worshiped the Sunne the Moone and the starres The Egyptians were the basest Idolaters and Sihor was the blackest water Therefore the Lord abhors Egypt and calles it the land of Cham Psal 105. C ham was accursed so was the land of Egypt Now let us consider who made this Idoll secondly whereof they made it And thirdly how great a sinne this was in setting up this Idoll to worship it First it was Aaron who made the calfe Aaron made the golden calfe It was neither ignorance nor complsiō that moved him to make this calfe but feare onely Metus gravis say they potest cadere in virum constantem a great feare may overtake a couragious man But Aaron heere was overtaken with a small feare Aaron saw not the people stonning him therefore his feare arose onely upon his owne apprehension Aaron was the man who committed this sinne Aaron sinned not of ignorance the high Priests lippes should preserve knowledge Mal. 2.7 he had knowledge enough to resist the sinne the servant that knowes his masters will and doth it not is worthie of many stripes Mat. 12. When a Prince doth against Iustice who should maintaine Iustice there is a speciall repugnancie betwixt his act and his calling So when Aaron to whom was concredit the puritie of Gods worship committed Idolatrie then there was a speciall repugnancie betwixt him and his profession how scandalous then was Aarons fall to the whole people In exemplum culpa vehementer extenditur quando pro reverentia peccator honoratur The fault is much agravated by the example when the sinner is much respected and honored The greatnesse of Aarons sinne may be taken up by the greatnesse of the sacrifice of the high Priest which was to expiate the sin Againe consider the greatnesse of Aarons sinne by the greatnesse of the sacrifice of the High Priest Moses Lev. 4. distinguishes sinnes according to the difference of persons if a common man sinned hee was to bring for one oblation a Kid of the goates a female without blemish ver 28. but if a Prince of the people sinned he shall bring a Kid of the goates a male without blemish ver 23. and if the whole congregation sinned then they shall bring a young bullocke for their sinne ver 14. and if the Priest who was annoynted sinne that is the high Priest for none was annoynted after the first institution as the high Priest was but he alone hee was to bring a young bullocke here the sacrifice of the Priest was as great as the sacrifice of the whole people If the eye be evill the whole body is full of darkenesse Matth. 6.23 and such Priests such people By Aarons committing this sinne wee are taught the infirmities of the Leviticall Priesthood Aaron made the calfe hence wee may learne what infirmitie was in the legall ceremonies that they could bring nothing to perfection Heb. 9.9 And this we may see in the ingresse progresse and ending of the Priesthood Aaron when the Priesthood was first instituted hee committed Idolatrie and Vrias in the progresse of the Priesthood hee committs Idolatrie And Cajaphas about the ending of the priesthood hee condemnes the Lord Iesus therefore Iesus Christ is our onely High Priest that must expiate our sinnes Secondly consider whereof this Idoll was made the people brought their Iewells and earings to Aaron Exod. 32.3 and of these the Idoll was made Idolaters are very profuse in the bestowing upon their Idoles all sort of cost Idolaters are very prodigall in bestowing things of great cost upon the Idoles Ier. 10.9 they brought the most pretious gold from Vphaz or Ophir to make their images of so from Tarshis they brought their most excellent silver they spared noe cost Nabuchadnezzer set up an Imag of gold Da. 3.1 whose hight was threescore cubits and the breadth therof sixe cubits And that is it which the Lord layes to the charge of the whorish Church Israel Ezech. 16.34 other whoores take gifts but thou givest gifts The three ages of the Church of the Iewes the golden are the silver age and the yron age In the Church of Israel there were three ages the golden age the silver age and the iron age The golden age they make to be that time when David gathered all materialles for the building of the temple and when Salomon built it The silver age they hold begunne in Iohash his tyme 2 King 12. when he repaired the temple howbeit there was not made for the house of the Lord boules of silver Snuffers Bassens Trumpets or vesselles of gold or vesselles of silver that was brought into the house of the Lord this was but a silver age in respect of the former golden age and now they had but