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receive_v light_a from_o this_o of_o aaron_n and_o joint_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v both_o such_o cherubim_v as_o be_v in_o the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o that_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o solemnity_n of_o the_o people_n be_v intend_v to_o jehovah_n as_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o first_o of_o king_n chap._n 12._o where_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o it_o be_v a_o fetch_n of_o 28._o v._o 26_o 27_o 28._o policy_n in_o jeroboam_n to_o set_v up_o those_o cherubim_n or_o golden_a calf_n in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n for_o to_o keep_v the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o revolt_a to_o rehoboam_n king_n of_o juda_n by_o their_o go_v up_o to_o do_v sacrifice_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n at_o jerusalem_n whereupon_o the_o king_n take_v counsel_n and_o make_v two_o calf_n of_o gold_n and_o say_v unto_o the_o people_n it_o be_v too_o much_o for_o you_o to_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n 28._o v._o 28._o behold_v thy_o god_n o_o israel_n which_o bring_v thou_o up_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o 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their_o ignorance_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o god_n of_o the_o place_n 27._o 2_o king_n 17._o 26_o 27._o who_o be_v know_v to_o be_v jehovah_n and_o it_o be_v a_o israelitish_n priest_n that_o be_v send_v back_o to_o teach_v they_o who_o dwell_v in_o bethel_n and_o teach_v they_o certain_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o israel_n to_o worship_v he_o in_o those_o golden_a cherubim_n as_o they_o do_v from_o jeroboam_n time_n to_o that_o very_a day_n so_o little_a doubt_n be_v there_o but_o that_o jehovah_n be_v worship_v in_o those_o calf_n of_o gold_n 7._o a_o like_a instance_n to_o which_o i_o conceive_v be_v discoverable_a in_o more_o early_a time_n as_o in_o that_o of_o micah_n ephod_n and_o teraphim_n and_o his_o consecrate_a son_n and_o devout_a mother_n that_o have_v dedicate_v such_o a_o sum_n of_o silver_n to_o the_o 17._o judg._n 17._o lord_n of_o which_o a_o image_n be_v make_v by_o the_o founder_n his_o eager_a entertain_v a_o levite_n also_o in_o stead_n of_o his_o son_n 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testament_n witness_v against_o idolatry_n and_o image-worship_n 5._o that_o the_o spirituality_n of_o christian_a religion_n indigitated_a by_o our_o saviour_n do_v abundant_o evidence_n the_o unlawfulness_n of_o image-worship_n or_o of_o what_o idolatry_n else_o soever_o 3_o chap._n iii_o 1._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o grace_n and_o truth_n come_v by_o christ._n 2._o farther_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n to_o evince_v that_o christ_n come_v to_o ease_v man_n of_o the_o judaïcal_a burden_n of_o ceremony_n the_o meaning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o that_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n upon_o the_o cross_n be_v the_o solution_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n of_o moses_n 4._o farther_o proof_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 6_o chap._n iu_o 1._o the_o positive_a end_n of_o the_o gospel_n summary_o propose_v 2._o the_o several_a ground_n of_o honour_n due_a to_o christ_n and_o particular_o of_o his_o paternal_a title_n 3._o both_o god_n the_o father_n and_o christ_n the_o author_n of_o our_o regeneration_n and_o how_o the_o first_o hypostasis_fw-la be_v call_v father_n do_v not_o exclude_v the_o second_o from_o that_o title_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o church_n 4._o the_o other_o title_n of_o christ_n plain_a of_o themselves_o 5._o the_o divine_a life_n with_o its_o root_n and_o branch_n the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o positive_a scope_n of_o the_o gospel_n 6._o that_o such_o a_o mystery_n as_o upon_o religious_a pretence_n do_v real_o supplant_v all_o the_o grand_a end_n of_o the_o gospel_n whether_o privative_a or_o positive_a be_v mathematical_o manifest_a to_o be_v that_o notorious_a mystery_n of_o iniquity_n 7._o the_o method_n of_o pursue_v the_o particular_n of_o this_o mystery_n more_o large_o 8._o the_o falseness_n fraud_n and_o mischief_n of_o every_o member_n of_o antichristianism_n to_o be_v inquire_v into_o 9_o the_o author_n be_v serious_a desire_n that_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o description_n may_v be_v peruse_v without_o prejudice_n and_o acknowledge_v without_o tergiversation_n by_o they_o that_o be_v convince_v 8_o chap._n v._o 1._o instance_n of_o several_a specious_a piece_n of_o idolatry_n introducible_a into_o christian_a religion_n 2._o the_o overmuch_o streightning_n or_o widen_v the_o notion_n of_o idolatry_n tax_v 3._o the_o usefulness_n of_o give_v a_o true_a notion_n thereof_o 4_o 5._o that_o it_o be_v not_o restrain_v to_o the_o worship_v of_o idol_n proper_o so_o call_v 6._o that_o any_o thing_n worship_v that_o be_v not_o god_n become_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la a_o idol_n and_o of_o the_o seventy_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o that_o they_o likewise_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o do_v also_o baalim_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o far_o argue_v that_o more_o general_a sense_n of_o idol_n 8._o that_o a_o idol_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n non-deus_a be_v all_o one_o in_o the_o estimate_n of_o god_n 11_o chap._n vi_o 1._o that_o the_o israelite_n worship_v jehovah_n in_o the_o golden_a calf_n prove_v out_o of_o exodus_fw-la 2._o that_o elohim_n though_o join_v with_o a_o verb_n of_o the_o plural_a number_n be_v understand_v of_o the_o true_a god_n with_o far_a testimony_n out_o of_o the_o 106_o psalm_n that_o god_n be_v worship_v in_o that_o calf_n and_o what_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o signify_v 3._o that_o the_o golden_a calf_n be_v no_o figure_n of_o the_o egyptian_a apis_n but_o a_o cherub_n 4._o aaron_n case_n of_o make_v the_o golden_a calf_n compendious_o open_v as_o also_o the_o ground_n of_o tacitus_n his_o ridiculous_a error_n discover_v 5._o that_o the_o golden_a calf_n in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n be_v two_o cherubin_n set_v up_o for_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n prove_v from_o jeroboam_n politic_n 6._o also_o from_o jehu_n and_o elias_n his_o zeal_n and_o the_o instruction_n of_o the_o assyrian_a colony_n by_o a_o israelitish_n priest_n 7._o that_o micah_n ephod_n and_o teraphim_n be_v also_o mean_v to_o the_o true_a god_n 8._o and_o yet_o both_o he_o and_o the_o israelite_n in_o the_o wilderness_n idolater_n in_o their_o use_n of_o the_o teraphim_n and_o cherub_n in_o divine_a worship_n 9_o that_o jeroboam_n be_v also_o a_o idolater_n in_o set_v up_o the_o calf_n in_o dan_n and_o bethel_n prove_v out_o of_o scripture_n 10._o other_o testimony_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o of_o the_o idolatry_n commit_v in_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n 15_o chap._n vii_o 1._o the_o worship_v that_o which_o be_v not_o god_n by_o a_o image_n a_o three_o mode_n of_o idolatry_n 2._o of_o the_o worship_v of_o a_o image_n as_o such_o 3._o how_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n of_o the_o heathen_a come_v to_o take_v the_o very_a idol_n themselves_o for_o go_n 4._o what_o argument_n use_v for_o the_o beget_n a_o opinion_n of_o the_o residence_n of_o the_o daemon_n near_o their_o statue_n 5._o what_o indication_n of_o their_o presence_n there_o and_o how_o awful_a the_o image_n themselves_o become_v from_o thence_o 6._o the_o conceit_n of_o the_o daemon_n and_o dedicate_v image_n coalition_n into_o one_o person_n 7._o and_o that_o the_o worship_v of_o this_o complicate_v be_v a_o four_o mode_n of_o idolatry_n 20_o chap._n viii_o 1._o that_o the_o heathen_a hold_v one_o supreme_a god_n the_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n 2._o proclus_n his_o conceit_n of_o so_o unite_n the_o supreme_a deity_n with_o a_o magical_a statue_n as_o that_o the_o complicate_v become_v one_o visible_a and_o supreme_a godhead_n 3._o whether_o the_o worship_v of_o this_o magical_a complicate_v by_o he_o that_o be_v persuade_v it_o be_v the_o visible_a deity_n be_v idolatry_n 4._o wherein_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o idolatry_n do_v
consist_v and_o that_o the_o worship_n of_o this_o magical_a statue_n be_v a_o five_o mode_n thereof_o 5._o the_o reduction_n of_o other_o case_n to_o these_o five_o modes_n of_o idolatry_n 6._o that_o the_o worship_v any_o thing_n but_o god_n be_v idolatry_n and_o of_o numa_n cast_v away_o image-worship_n and_o of_o the_o affinity_n of_o his_o religion_n with_o pythagorism_n 7._o the_o first_o pollution_n of_o that_o philosophy_n and_o that_o the_o object_n of_o divine_a worship_n be_v as_o well_o one_o as_o invisible_a 23_o chap._n ix_o 1._o the_o necessity_n of_o know_v what_o religious_a worship_n be_v for_o the_o discover_n of_o idolatry_n 2._o the_o faultiness_n of_o the_o distribution_n of_o worship_n into_o latria_n dulia_n and_o cultus_fw-la civilis_fw-la 3._o that_o christ_n only_o who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v such_o a_o middle_a excellency_n as_o may_v admit_v religious_a worship_n 4._o that_o the_o excess_n of_o excellency_n in_o god_n above_o that_o in_o saint_n and_o angel_n be_v so_o infinite_o more_o than_o the_o excess_n of_o excellency_n in_o saint_n and_o angel_n above_o that_o in_o man_n that_o it_o be_v extreme_o force_v and_o irrational_a to_o allot_v worship_n of_o one_o denomination_n to_o the_o first_o and_o second_o and_o not_o rather_o to_o the_o second_o and_o last_o which_o they_o be_v fellow-citizen_n may_v right_o be_v call_v civil_a 5._o that_o no_o kind_n of_o religious_a worship_n be_v due_a to_o saint_n and_o angel_n prove_v by_o the_o angel_n refuse_v to_o be_v worship_v by_o s._n john_n 6._o and_o also_o from_o the_o near_a affinity_n of_o our_o nature_n with_o they_o 7._o to_o who_o origen_n pronounce_v good_a man_n equal_a nor_o allow_v the_o glorious_a star_n though_o they_o be_v intellectual_a to_o be_v worship_v 8._o that_o the_o religious_a worship_n of_o saint_n and_o angel_n be_v no_o duty_n of_o we_o as_o be_v reducible_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o neither_o table_n 9_o that_o religious_a worship_n be_v but_o one_o and_o due_a to_o god_n only_o prove_v from_o our_o saviour_n answer_n to_o the_o devil_n 10._o as_o also_o from_o the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n argue_v the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n from_o religious_a worship_n due_a to_o he_o with_o several_a other_o testimony_n 11._o a_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n 26_o chap._n x._o 1._o a_o right_a distribution_n of_o worship_n into_o its_o kind_n 2._o the_o definition_n of_o religious_a worship_n 3._o that_o the_o exhibit_v of_o honour_n to_o any_o undue_a object_n though_o force_o or_o feign_o by_o sign_n appropriate_a to_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o divine_a excellency_n be_v palpable_a idolatry_n 4._o and_o that_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o stint_n or_o specific_a degree_n of_o religious_a worship_n no_o dulia_n nor_o hyperdulia_fw-la but_o all_o latria_n 5._o that_o religious_a worship_n be_v not_o apply_v to_o a_o thing_n by_o direct_v it_o towards_o it_o as_o a_o circumstance_n but_o as_o a_o object_n and_o therefore_o the_o misapplication_n thereof_o as_o to_o a_o object_n be_v requisite_a to_o idolatry_n 6._o but_o not_o that_o this_o application_n shall_v be_v make_v as_o to_o god_n himself_o 7._o that_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o never_o commit_v such_o a_o piece_n of_o idolatry_n as_o to_o give_v religious_a worship_n to_o that_o which_o they_o know_v not_o to_o be_v the_o supreme_a god_n as_o to_o the_o supreme_a 8._o that_o religious_a worship_n be_v but_o one_o make_v every_o application_n thereof_o to_o what_o be_v not_o god_n idolatry_n 9_o that_o the_o inculcation_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o christ_n prove_v every_o creature_n uncapable_a of_o religious_a worship_n 31_o chap._n xi_o 1._o sacrifice_n drink-offering_n and_o burn_v of_o incense_n appropriate_a sign_n of_o religious_a worship_n according_a to_o grotius_n as_o also_o what_o ever_o else_o consent_v of_o nation_n have_v make_v so_o 2._o also_o vow_n oath_n ask_v supernatural_a gift_n invocate_a saint_n or_o angel_n while_o they_o be_v invisible_a 3._o or_o to_o ask_v of_o they_o though_o visible_a any_o natural_a boon_n at_o a_o altar_n or_o in_o a_o temple_n consecrate_v to_o they_o 4._o image_n erect_v and_o dedicate_v in_o temple_n or_o on_o altar_n a_o mode_n of_o divine_a worship_n with_o a_o prevention_n of_o a_o objection_n 5._o song_n also_o and_o incurvation_n may_v be_v so_o frame_v and_o circumstantiate_v as_o to_o become_v such_o sign_n 6._o that_o every_o idolatry_n be_v blasphemy_n as_o also_o to_o give_v the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o any_o creature_n both_o 7._o a_o general_a distribution_n of_o the_o appropriate_a sign_n of_o religious_a worship_n 8._o a_o prevention_n of_o a_o subterfuge_n from_o the_o pretence_n of_o a_o large_a signification_n of_o religious_a worship_n than_o we_o have_v give_v all_o our_o future_a conviction_n depend_v only_o upon_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o definition_n of_o religious_a worship_n in_o that_o sense_n we_o have_v declare_v 34_o chap._n xii_o 1._o a_o brief_a enumeration_n of_o the_o part_n of_o that_o full_a instruction_n we_o have_v to_o discern_v what_o be_v idolatry_n 2._o that_o the_o adoration_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v idolatry_n 3._o as_o also_o the_o worship_v any_o person_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n by_o a_o image_n or_o picture_n 4._o that_o religious_a worship_n give_v to_o saint_n or_o angel_n though_o without_o the_o use_n of_o any_o image_n or_o picture_n be_v idolatry_n 5._o that_o the_o mere_a invocation_n of_o any_o particular_a invisible_a power_n be_v also_o idolatrous_a 6._o certain_a evasion_n touch_v the_o pray_n to_o saint_n answer_v 7._o another_o subterfuge_n answer_v 8._o worship_v saint_n by_o image_n a_o double_a idolatry_n 9_o that_o it_o be_v idolatry_n to_o worship_v a_o image_n take_v it_o for_o the_o saint_n himself_o 10._o as_o also_o the_o adoration_n of_o any_o man_n alive_a upon_o earth_n 11._o that_o the_o worship_v of_o the_o eucharistick_a bread_n take_v for_o the_o real_a body_n of_o christ_n be_v idolatry_n 12._o that_o all_o the_o abovesaid_a act_n be_v idolatrous_a let_v man_n pretend_v what_o they_o will_v to_o cover_v the_o guilt_n 13._o and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o s._n peter_n do_v not_o imply_v a_o lawfulness_n in_o any_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n 38_o chap._n xiii_o 1._o that_o the_o profess_v one_o only_o true_a god_n do_v not_o necessary_o quit_v a_o people_n from_o the_o guilt_n or_o capacity_n of_o be_v idolater_n 2._o that_o to_o exhibit_v such_o modes_n of_o worship_n as_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o true_a god_n to_o a_o creature_n though_o we_o take_v it_o for_o a_o creature_n be_v idolatry_n 3._o that_o the_o jew_n be_v idolater_n though_o they_o profess_v the_o only_a true_a god_n 4._o that_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o eucharistick_a bread_n be_v the_o real_a body_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o excuse_v the_o adorer_n thereof_o from_o idolatry_n 5._o the_o case_n of_o the_o heathen_a that_o worship_v the_o sun_n and_o this_o of_o the_o bread-worshipper_n compare_v 6._o a_o solution_n of_o a_o sophism_n the_o author_n once_o put_v upon_o himself_o in_o excuse_n of_o this_o bread-worship_n 7._o that_o their_o not_o think_v the_o bread_n to_o be_v in_o the_o eucharist_n do_v not_o excuse_v the_o worshipper_n of_o the_o host_n from_o idolatry_n 42_o chap._n fourteen_o 1._o the_o fondness_n of_o distinguish_v betwixt_o a_o idol_n and_o a_o image_n when_o they_o be_v both_o make_v object_n of_o religious_a worship_n 2._o that_o nothing_o but_o what_o be_v essential_o and_o infinite_o excellent_a be_v a_o due_a object_n thereof_o 3._o that_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o saint_n from_o their_o image_n do_v not_o excuse_v the_o idolatry_n 4._o the_o unlikeliness_n that_o there_o be_v any_o true_a image_n of_o christ_n if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o worship_v it_o 5._o but_o that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o worship_v it_o though_o there_o be_v 6._o that_o the_o whole_a decalogue_n be_v moral_a 7._o that_o the_o use_n of_o image_n for_o memory_n and_o devotion_n be_v also_o the_o plea_n of_o the_o heathen_a 8._o that_o external_a object_n in_o divine_a worship_n hinder_v the_o perfection_n thereof_o 9_o 10._o other_o material_a allegation_n against_o the_o pretend_a use_n of_o image_n in_o church_n 11._o that_o there_o be_v many_o other_o way_n of_o exciting_a devotion_n in_o the_o people_n infinitt_o surpass_v this_o of_o image_n 46_o chap._n xv._o 1._o that_o the_o general_a end_n of_o this_o impious_a and_o useless_a idolatry_n and_o image-worship_n be_v the_o profit_n of_o the_o priest_n 2._o several_n artifices_fw-la of_o make_v these_o image_n gainful_a to_o they_o 3._o the_o gainfulness_n of_o transubstantiation_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o admit_v it_o to_o the_o make_v up_o the_o full_a stature_n of_o antichristianism_n 4._o what_o a_o wonderful_a and_o powerful_a intercessor_n the_o priest_n seem_v upon_o this_o pretention_n 5._o
a_o modest_a enquiry_n into_o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n the_o first_o part_n contain_v a_o careful_a and_o impartial_a delineation_n of_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o antichristianism_n in_o the_o real_a and_o genuine_a member_n thereof_o such_o as_o be_v indeed_o opposite_a to_o the_o indispensable_a purpose_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o the_o interest_n of_o his_o kingdom_n by_o h._n more_o d._n d._n sext._n empiric_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d london_n print_v by_o j._n flesher_n for_o w._n morden_n bookseller_n in_o cambridge_n m_o dc_o lxiv_o to_o the_o reader_n reader_n 1._o have_v it_o be_v but_o only_o to_o apologise_v for_o break_v treatise_n his_o necessity_n of_o preface_v before_o this_o present_a treatise_n that_o silence_n which_o i_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v impose_v upon_o myself_o by_o public_o intimate_v the_o probability_n of_o it_o it_o have_v upon_o that_o account_n be_v requisite_a to_o preface_n something_o to_o excuse_v the_o unexpected_a 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