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the_o consequence_n of_o the_o text_n mighty_o enforce_v it_o the_o lamb_n indeed_o be_v see_v on_o mount_n zion_n with_o those_o that_o be_v seal_v but_o it_o be_v never_o say_v that_o they_o be_v before_o the_o throne_n but_o only_o they_o who_o appear_v in_o heaven_n that_o be_v the_o martyr_n who_o song_n of_o triumph_n they_o hear_v and_o learn_v which_o need_v not_o have_v be_v say_v if_o they_o be_v represent_v as_o of_o one_o company_n and_o perhaps_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o follow_v the_o lamb_n whither_o soever_o he_o go_v because_o they_o follow_v he_o to_o his_o cross_n suffer_v that_o death_n for_o he_o which_o he_o have_v suffer_v for_o we_o and_o that_o they_o be_v virgin_n because_o not_o stain_v
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xi_o 4._o turn_v back_o in_o their_o heart_n to_o egypt_n act_v vii_o 38._o that_o be_v to_o the_o idolatry_n which_o they_o have_v practise_v there_o ezek_n xx._n 7._o may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o have_v set_v up_o the_o calf_n which_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v but_o i_o need_v not_o build_v on_o conjecture_n have_v show_v that_o idolater_n may_v exercise_v their_o idolatry_n even_o towards_o a_o symbol_n of_o god_n own_o service_n neither_o be_v it_o any_o marvel_n that_o jehu_n shall_v honour_v josaphats_n posterity_n because_o he_o serve_v god_n 2_o chron._n xxii_o 9_o though_o that_o may_v be_v impute_v to_o the_o time_n when_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o declare_v to_o follow_v the_o sin_n of_o jeroboam_n and_o his_o posterity_n seek_v god_n and_o his_o prophet_n have_v never_o tie_v the_o people_n to_o worship_v any_o false_a god_n but_o only_o do_v that_o which_o by_o necessary_a consequence_n at_o least_o if_o we_o count_v what_o in_o discretion_n must_v needs_o come_v to_o pass_v according_a to_o the_o common_a course_n of_o humane_a affair_n must_v needs_o produce_v idolatry_n and_o suppose_v they_o set_v up_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o egyptian_n they_o may_v as_o well_o have_v recourse_n to_o god_n and_o his_o prophet_n in_o their_o necessity_n as_o ahab_n humble_v himself_o at_o the_o word_n of_o elias_n 1_o king_n xxi_o 27._o how_o far_o soever_o we_o may_v suppose_v that_o he_o go_v in_o acknowledge_v the_o true_a god_n for_o the_o same_o will_n as_o easy_o be_v say_v of_o jehu_n and_o his_o postirity_n now_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o thing_n most_o certain_a that_o high_a place_n be_v tolerate_v between_o the_o divide_n of_o the_o land_n and_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n whether_o because_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n be_v not_o yet_o in_o force_n god_n have_v yet_o declare_v no_o settle_a choice_n of_o any_o place_n for_o his_o service_n as_o he_o say_v to_o david_n 2_o sam._n vii_o 6_o 7._o or_o because_o soon_o after_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v settle_v in_o shiloh_n the_o ark_n be_v take_v by_o the_o philistine_n and_o so_o the_o tabernacle_n desolate_a as_o the_o jew_n understand_v it_o for_o who_o can_v allow_v that_o gideon_n a_o judge_n stir_v up_o by_o god_n spirit_n shall_v set_v up_o a_o high_a place_n for_o god_n worship_n against_o his_o law_n judge_n vi_o 34._o viii_o 23._o for_o the_o mention_n of_o a_o ephod_n there_o viii_o 27._o be_v but_o to_o say_v that_o the_o order_n of_o god_n service_n in_o those_o high_a place_n be_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n but_o what_o occasion_n of_o idolatry_n these_o high_a place_n do_v give_v we_o may_v easy_o gather_v by_o the_o law_n levit._n xvii_o 5_o 7._o which_o declare_v that_o when_o they_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o the_o tabernacle_n in_o the_o wilderness_n but_o offer_v their_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o open_a field_n they_o sacrifice_v to_o devil_n for_o be_v beset_v round_o with_o idolatrous_a nation_n that_o confine_v the_o deity_n which_o they_o worship_v to_o their_o temple_n and_o image_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o they_o be_v taint_v by_o the_o same_o not_o to_o understand_v the_o true_a god_n who_o they_o worship_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n to_o be_v every_o where_o as_o much_o present_a as_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n the_o true_a worshipper_n of_o god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n under_o the_o law_n understand_v it_o well_o enough_o with_o gideon_n neither_o be_v it_o any_o marvel_n be_v then_o license_v and_o in_o use_n if_o he_o conceive_v it_o may_v be_v for_o the_o service_n of_o god_n to_o set_v up_o a_o high_a place_n in_o his_o city_n but_o by_o the_o event_n we_o see_v what_o advantage_n the_o worse_a part_n have_v to_o turn_v that_o which_o be_v well_o mean_v to_o ill_a use_n when_o the_o people_n fall_v so_o soon_o to_o idolatry_n upon_o that_o occasion_n that_o it_o become_v a_o snare_n to_o gideon_n and_o his_o house_n and_o sure_o when_o moses_n be_v in_o the_o mount_n with_o god_n and_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n be_v not_o see_v about_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v not_o this_o that_o which_o the_o people_n allege_v to_o aaron_n to_o make_v they_o a_o god_n as_o profess_v not_o to_o believe_v that_o moses_n his_o god_n be_v among_o they_o but_o find_v it_o necessary_a that_o god_n who_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n shall_v go_v ebfore_o they_o exod._a xxxii_o 1_o 2_o and_o so_o jeroboam_n set_v up_o a_o new_a place_n of_o god_n presence_n and_o the_o whole_a nation_n have_v admit_v the_o presence_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n to_o be_v confine_v to_o solomon_n temple_n it_o follow_v that_o the_o grosser_n sort_n of_o people_n who_o can_v not_o distinguish_v the_o omnipresence_n of_o god_n from_o the_o conceit_n of_o the_o idolatrous_a nation_n which_o they_o be_v encompass_v with_o appropriate_v several_a god_n to_o several_a country_n as_o the_o syrian_n think_v the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o reach_v to_o the_o mountain_n and_o not_o to_o the_o valley_n 1_o king_n xx._n 23._o must_v needs_o take_v it_o for_o another_o god_n that_o jeroboam_n set_v up_o for_o the_o god_n that_o bring_v israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o conform_v to_o his_o law_n worship_v he_o under_o that_o conceit_n for_o when_o s._n steven_n have_v relate_v how_o solomon_n build_v god_n a_o house_n add_v straight_o to_o correct_v the_o mistake_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o who_o he_o speak_v howbeit_o the_o most_o high_a dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n as_o say_v the_o prophet_n heaven_n be_v my_o throne_n and_o earth_n be_v my_o footstool_n what_o house_n will_v you_o build_v i_o say_v the_o lord_n or_o what_o be_v the_o place_n of_o my_o rest_n have_v not_o my_o hand_n make_v all_o these_o thing_n act_n
vii_o 47-50_a he_o show_v plain_o that_o the_o vulgar_a conceit_n of_o the_o jew_n come_v far_o short_a of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o prophet_n in_o this_o point_n and_o that_o this_o be_v then_o a_o great_a hindrance_n to_o the_o jew_n christianity_n which_o vulgar_o publish_v that_o which_o only_o the_o worshipper_n of_o god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n understand_v under_o the_o law_n as_o barnabas_n also_o in_o that_o epistle_n which_o the_o ancient_a of_o the_o father_n have_v acknowledge_v and_o be_v late_o set_v forth_o declare_v now_o for_o the_o text_n of_o the_o judge_n concern_v that_o which_o the_o jew_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o idol_n of_o micah_n be_v it_o to_o be_v consider_v that_o there_o may_v be_v and_o be_v two_o opinion_n concern_v the_o true_a sense_n and_o intent_n of_o the_o second_o commandment_n where_o it_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o make_v to_o thyself_o any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o carve_v image_n the_o likeness_n of_o any_o thing_n for_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o original_n of_o it_o signify_v all_o carve_a work_n it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o god_n intend_v by_o these_o word_n to_o prohibit_v all_o use_n of_o carve_a work_n among_o his_o people_n not_o as_o if_o the_o make_n of_o a_o carve_a image_n be_v idolatry_n but_o to_o avoid_v the_o occasion_n of_o idolatry_n which_o as_o i_o have_v say_v that_o be_v though_o it_o introduce_v not_o yet_o it_o increase_v and_o therefore_o it_o follow_v for_o i_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n be_o a_o jealous_a god_n for_o jealousy_n forbid_v as_o well_o the_o mean_n of_o adultery_n as_o adultery_n but_o if_o we_o suppose_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extend_v by_o use_n beyond_o the_o original_n of_o it_o it_o may_v import_v only_o such_o statue_n as_o be_v make_v to_o represent_v a_o godhead_n imagine_v afore_o and_o then_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o precept_n forbid_v no_o more_o then_o to_o 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for_o upon_o what_o ground_n that_o people_n think_v it_o command_v by_o god_n there_o in_o which_o there_o can_v be_v no_o just_a occasion_n of_o idolatry_n upon_o the_o like_a ground_n and_o to_o the_o like_a purpose_n it_o may_v be_v take_v up_o in_o the_o high_a place_n though_o that_o reason_n which_o have_v move_v god_n to_o prohibit_v high_a place_n after_o the_o place_n of_o his_o worship_n shall_v be_v settle_v levit._n xvii_o 5._o 7._o might_n always_o endanger_v they_o to_o go_v astray_o as_o the_o story_n of_o gideon_n show_v for_o though_o so_o long_o as_o they_o understand_v the_o ground_n upon_o which_o and_o the_o intent_n to_o which_o they_o be_v use_v they_o remain_v secure_a yet_o forget_v it_o by_o the_o deceitfullnesse_n of_o error_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o be_v seduce_v the_o fact_n of_o micah_n then_o have_v two_o of_o these_o handle_n which_o epictetus_n his_o manual_a mention_n it_o may_v be_v take_v as_o if_o he_o mean_v only_o to_o make_v a_o high_a 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