f He is called a great King, Mal. 1. 14. q. d. Thou, by whom all nations are governed, and all Afffairs in them di\poſed, and by none elle, who would worſhip any bur thee ; or be afraid of anv but thee, ſeeing it 1s fic for, and therefore can belong to none, beſides, as in the nexr words. It 1s thy right and Cue. Or,who can be fo ſtupid as no: to acknowledge one tupream Being, and this to be but one, as #monsg the Heathens, Secrates, Plato, Seneca, and divers others did ; and rnerefore 15 !t not a prodigious thing, 'that any ſhould to withheld rhe truth in Unrighteoulnets, be fo 'groſs as ro worſhip many Gods? g q. 4d. If you fearch among all the 1Z/7(e-men and Philoſophers, all the Great Men and Rulers '1n their Kingdems. (For theſe the Heachens were wont to wor- fhip as Gods ater Deatn, #7{e-men tor their Wiſdom, and Kings
lubje& to Reaton, and | for their Power.) Y« u'll find rore to compare with God either , | tor Wiſdom or Power : Their Wiſe-men are but as lo many Foals.
S Burt they are | altogether * þ brutiſhand / fool- f Heb 1 7 uh : the & ſtock is a doctrine of / vaniries. uy."
j . NC ?., þ The awe that the Idol doth impreſs upon carnal mens minds, + p.-; .
and thereby taking them off trom a due Apprehenſion of the Eſ- Px lence of God,doth keep them between ſuch hope and Fear,that, '* they become as fenflets and as inapprehenſive of any true worſhip PA «Aa as Brutes, 7 Not only fome ot them, but even al!, both Fews aud mg Ig Gentiles, q.d. I need not ftand to particularize, but take them a1} **<* ©<* together, they are become ſtupid T0!aters, and have drunk in the Mm mot grots ſuperſtitions of the Gentiles,as Rom.1.1 9,21. þ A Synec- ey docbe pur for all forts of Idols,of what Materials {oever; anda afe-* ** ©? tonymy of the Matter,co render them contemptible. An Idol is called
a Dodrine of Varjty, either as deluding the ignorant,or in themſelves contidered ; they are meer vain,foliſh, helplets things. ! The He-
brew Word Mylar is taken for bad Inſtruction, Prov.16.22. g. 4,
[t 1s an eafie Matter to prove them very Fools, and br:
when they look upon a ſtock, a peice of wood, to be their God,
which hath neither Knowledge nor Providence, and therefore
muſt needs be a Doctrine of Vanity,when they think to be :a22he Devotion by Images,which 1s a teacher of Lyes ; that faich co rhe
dunb ſtone it ſhall teach, Hib. 2.18, 19. like that Dotrine of D-
vils firſt broached by Pope Gregory, who firſt conmended v2r--
nus Biſhop of Maſſiliz tor not peimitting Images to be worthin«
ped, but reproved him for throwing them ou: of the Church e-
cauſe they ſerve for Orraments,and Lay-mwens Bocks,which tepce
hath been received as a Catb:!ich DcCrins, that images are Lay-
mens Books.
9 m Silyer ſpread into plates 1s bronght from # Tarſhiſh, and gokd from » Uphaz, the wort of the workman, and of the hands of the p founder : blue and purple z- their q clothing : they ae all the work of r cunning mer.
m It was no6 Wood waſhed with G:1?, nor maſly $:/er or Gold, but covered over with Plates of Silver or Gold, Excl, 9.3 n From ſome remote place,prozably from Sra.n, whence ihe beſt Gold came ; Tarſhiſh is the pi oper Name of a Sea-Town 1a C:/;
cit, Exeh. 27. 12,25 Jonah 1.3. and being a noted Port, from wheixce they had Vafſige ro Africa, I.i{/2, and other remote Coun:ries, it 1s uſually put tor the Ocean, ad may as well (1202 fie from any Place beyon4 1h Sea, It vou rake ic properly, then poſſibly it 15 noted as the beſt Silver coming ti om cnence, as Hr! 25 for the beſt Gold ; for- theugh we real allo of Gold comin2 from thence, I KINges to. 22. 2 Chron. g 13. yel, whete the mold proper commodities @ it are monmivoned, we read of 19 Gold, Erek, 27.12, unlels what {eems 741-07 foDg brought : :gher. Per. 23,
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6 5. e. Probably the beſt Gold coming from thence 1n thoſe davs : asthe beſt Silver from Tarſhiſh:. And that here was the beſt Gold is probable trom Dan. 10. 5. There are various conjectures ar what place this points at, whether the ſame with Phas, or Fez bv an Athar:{.c; or Ophir a place not far from Tarſhiſh, and divers other places are conjeCtured ; and ſome think it refersto 00 place at all, but to pointat the excellency of rhe Gold only ; but it 15 not the deſign that this Comment ſhould {well with things rather con- jectura} than profitable. It is enough to know, that this place in- rends the pureſt Gold. p Thus faith he, the Artificer takes it, and each, according to his Art, ſhapes it, and adorns it ; fits the S1]ver and the Gold for it. q Expoſitors differing about the mater1als cur of which they were died, do difler alſo in the colours, which here are called Blue or Purple; the diſpute is not worth the while in a vul-ar Comment; they that will may conſult the Engl. Annor. Either this relates to the further adorning thoſe rich Idols of Szl- ver and Gold : or it implies other Artiſts,ſuch as ſhape,or ſew Silk or Cloth, Woollen or Linen, made uſe of ro make theſe Garments for thoſe Idols of more inferiour materials, as Wood or Stone, the other being ſufficiently beautified without them. » 7. e. The choiceſt Men in their reſpe&ive Arts were picked out for this work, that there might be nothing wanting as to exaCtneſs, rich- neſs and curioſity. All this the Prophet ſpeaks the more to ridi- cule their Idols, as if all this would put any thing of power, ver- rue, or excellency in them. Still deeft aliquzd intus.
+ Heb.Ged 7, Butthe LORD # theÞ/ true GOD, he #« the 20% r living GOD, and an « * everlaſting King: at his ou of wrath the earth ſhall » tremble, and the nations ſhall Ererrity. not be able to abide his y indignation. =
* Plal. 10. | g. d. All theſeare but falſe Gods: Fehovah 1s the alone true 16. God ; they are but Iyes, and the teachers of lyes ; God is Truth
®(3ens 1.6, Chap. 51, I fy Os -
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