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make_v they_o more_o divine_a the_o infiniteness_n thereof_o 3._o to_o praise_v the_o divine_a majesty_n subjoin_v we_o swear_v by_o he_o another_o act_n of_o adoration_n and_o no_o less_o express_o require_v for_o so_o we_o find_v the_o prophet_n moses_n distinct_o command_v and_o that_o too_o in_o the_o same_o period_n where_o he_o prescribe_v his_o fear_n and_o service_n for_o thou_o shall_v fear_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n say_v he_o and_o serve_v he_o and_o swear_v by_o his_o name_n deut._n 6.13_o and_o indeed_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o a_o oath_n we_o shall_v not_o in_o the_o least_o doubt_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o own_v he_o for_o our_o god_n by_o it_o for_o a_o oath_n be_v nothing_o else_o than_o the_o calling_n god_n to_o witness_v to_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o we_o affirm_v he_o that_o swear_v by_o he_o do_v not_o only_o acknowledge_v god_n to_o be_v superior_a to_o himself_o but_o also_o to_o be_v a_o witness_n of_o infallible_a truth_n a_o searcher_n 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reason_n of_o his_o fact_n only_o the_o tediousness_n of_o the_o journey_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o moreover_o represent_v his_o calf_n as_o the_o god_n that_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v a_o know_a periphrasis_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n and_o according_o though_o jehu_n who_o be_v one_o of_o his_o successor_n depart_v not_o from_o the_o sin_n of_o jeroboam_n as_o the_o scripture_n observe_v of_o he_o 2_o king_n 10.29_o yet_o be_v his_o zeal_n in_o the_o destruction_n of_o baal_n priest_n style_v by_o himself_o a_o zeal_n for_o the_o lord_n ver_fw-la 16._o and_o which_o be_v of_o much_o more_o consideration_n he_o himself_o intimate_v by_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v walk_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n save_v only_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o calf_n ver_fw-la 31._o of_o the_o same_o which_o can_v in_o no_o wise_n be_v affirm_v if_o he_o and_o those_o of_o his_o sect_n have_v renounce_v the_o god_n of_o israel_n and_o worship_v either_o the_o calf_n themselves_o or_o some_o foreign_a deity_n in_o they_o to_o all_o which_o if_o we_o add_v that_o ahab_n be_v say_v to_o have_v offend_v more_o heinous_o than_o all_o that_o go_v before_o he_o because_o serve_v baal_n and_o worship_v he_o 1_o king_n 16.31_o so_o we_o shall_v not_o in_o the_o least_o doubt_n but_o that_o the_o set_n up_o of_o the_o calf_n be_v intend_v only_o to_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n in_o it_o for_o wherein_o have_v the_o great_a aggravation_n of_o ahab_n sin_n be_v if_o they_o that_o be_v before_o he_o have_v worship_v either_o the_o calf_n itself_o or_o some_o of_o the_o heathen_a god_n in_o it_o the_o only_a thing_n remain_v to_o be_v show_v be_v that_o their_o worship_n of_o the_o calf_n be_v idolatry_n which_o will_v be_v no_o very_o hard_a task_n to_o evince_v for_o though_o their_o worship_n be_v not_o where_o express_o style_v so_o yet_o be_v they_o call_v idol_n which_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v the_o worship_n of_o they_o idolatry_n but_o so_o that_o they_o be_v that_o of_o hosea_n be_v a_o abundant_a testimony_n chap._n 13.4_o for_o have_v premise_v the_o israelite_n make_v they_o melt_a image_n of_o their_o silver_n and_o idol_n according_a to_o their_o own_o understanding_n all_o of_o they_o the_o work_n of_o the_o craftsman_n to_o let_v we_o know_v what_o idol_n he_o mean_v he_o subjoin_v they_o say_v of_o they_o let_v the_o man_n that_o sacrifice_v kiss_v the_o calf_n forasmuch_o therefore_o as_o the_o calf_n be_v no_o other_o than_o idol_n forasmuch_o as_o one_o egg_n can_v be_v more_o like_a unto_o another_o than_o the_o calf_n of_o jeroboam_n be_v to_o that_o of_o aaron_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v because_o they_o be_v such_o and_o the_o worship_v that_o of_o aaron_n repute_v idolatry_n that_o that_o of_o jeroboam_n be_v so_o also_o and_o consequent_o that_o it_o be_v idolatry_n to_o worship_n even_o the_o true_a god_n in_o a_o image_n two_o thing_n there_o be_v which_o be_v common_o allege_v against_o the_o forego_n argument_n to_o prove_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o israelites_n not_o to_o have_v have_v the_o true_a god_n for_o its_o object_n 1._o that_o what_o they_o sacrifice_v to_o their_o idol_n they_o be_v say_v to_o sacrifice_v to_o devil_n and_o not_o to_o god_n and_o 2._o that_o the_o prophet_n be_v frequent_a in_o inculcate_v that_o the_o god_n they_o worship_v be_v gold_n and_o silver_n that_o they_o can_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v nor_o understand_v which_o may_v seem_v to_o import_v their_o look_v upon_o the_o image_n themselves_o as_o go_n and_o indeed_o if_o only_o one_o of_o these_o thing_n have_v be_v object_v possible_o it_o may_v have_v serve_v in_o some_o measure_n to_o shroud_v a_o evil_a cause_n but_o urge_v they_o both_o they_o do_v but_o help_v to_o destroy_v it_o because_o urge_v such_o thing_n as_o take_v in_o the_o strictness_n of_o the_o letter_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o each_o other_o for_o if_o the_o israelite_n worship_v evil_a 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