nified, advanced, and made glorious, the Kingdom flouriſhed in My;. titudes of People, in abundance of Wealth, in the Succeiles of their Counſels, and in their Credit abroad. In this flouriſhing State þ. phraim, a principal Tribe, and which firſt ſet up for the Royal Dijgr:. ty, and carried it, had prnceges ſhare,. and is ſaid to exalt him in gr with Jſrael. e So ſoon as he ſinned. . f By taking Bal to be their God
added this Idolatry to their former Sins. g Undid himſelf, lok 1;;; Power, Glory and Bravery, as a dead Man. _.. ; 2 And now b they ſin more and more, and * hare... I made them molten images of their filver k, az idols ac- jj,” ; cording to their own underſtanding /, all of it the work of *c;.; R the craftmen m2 : they » ſay of them o, Let the men that &8., Y facrifice p, * kiſs q the calves, - TIER oh hb Though they are admonifhed, threatned, and in part puniſh, Ne ar yet now that Baal is takes in for a God and worſhipped. 7 They gg I ki, th on to fin, and add new Idolatries to the old, they increaſe the Num. a ber of their Sins; in ſome Reſpe@ their new Sins are greater than m/ thoſe committed formerly, but the Prophet here ſpeaks not of Great. —_ neſs of Sins, but the Number. + Theſe were the Figures and Re. f rhe wo preſentation of the Gods they worſhipp'd, and were multiplied as Fa. = '(milies, able to go to the Coft, did multiply, every one got their : Hou(hold-Geds, Heathen-like, and moſt of theſe Puppets were made the! of Silver. Or the Phraſe may imply, that at their own Charge theſe mac People made them Gods ;z ſo though *twas a ftrait Aſh or Wood that 5 Fl would not ſoon putrify, which wasformed into the Idol, yet becauſe ble t bought with their Silver, it may by a Metonymy be called their Silver, that Every oneas he fancied, as he thought moſt comely and proper to re. then preſent a Deity, perhaps theſe Idolaters vied with each other who on hi ſhould have the handſomeſt God z as Abay would vie Altars, and Your therefore made new gnes» Perhaps ſome of theſe Tdolaters melted his G down their old leſs handſom Gods to run them into more pleaſing that 1 Features, m Whatever is of the Image is of the Workman, who gave ] IEF it ſhape, but could not give it breath, fill *tis a lifeleſs Lump or Im- IO age. 7 Either the Kings of Jſrael, or the Priefts of theſe Idols, or the oy _ Leople. o Of the ' Tdols. þ Let every one that ſacrificeth, all that taken bring their Offerings to theſe Idols. q Reverence, worſhip or adore, oy as and thew they do ſo by kifſing the Calves. + They'll make them gire > p þ tull Worſhip to their Idols, . ; ; wt 3 Thereforer they s ſhall be t * as the morning cloud, *C: eo . the al and as the early dew thatpaſſeth away, * as the chaff tht, p is driven with the'whirlwind out of the floor,. and as the” WWF + 751 ſmoke out of the chimney. WY Afi 7 For theſe fins in multiplied Tdolatries and trufting to Idols, s 6 thy ſelf Ephraim his King, his Captains, his Fortrefſes and Aids. # In the | though | Day of the Aſſyrian Invaſion, ſuddenly, eaſily, totally, and finally di. | Caule at perſed, expreſſed here by four Similies, every one very apt and full dy and a clear and eaſy to be underſtood. ; | = *y $ins, 4 Yetul * am the LORD * thy God from the land of vere Lie Egypt y, and thou ſhalt know no God bur me z: for wi 0 *-there 35 no ſaviour beſide me s. > t frojed tt ..u Though thou bg ſo revolted, . and choſen other Gods, it is not 11, Help, ani occaſioned; by any Change in me, I am what I was. x The Lord, the 101 \ mighty God, the everlaſting God, Fehovah. y Thy God” who alone fe th brought thee. out. of Egypr, and who hath maintain'd thy Lot; the Fe oe Calvesand;Baat were not known amongft you then. And fince I a+ ſr d, lone brought. thee out of Eg ypt and faved thee with wonderful (alva- 41 woul tions many times ſince, why doft thou ſeck Gods thou needeſt not, retuledſt n Gods that cannot help? 7 I forbad thee to know any other God but be my Ri me, in;Gratitude thou ſhouldſt know no other ; if rhere were any & vill bea K ther, in point of, Intereſt thou ſhouldfſt have known, 7. e. worſhipp', Where is t truſted, and obeyed none but me. And finally, by woful Experience thou haft r, thqu ſhalt know, that Calves and Bgal are no Gods, they cannot fare VICh the ne thee:nor themſelves, thou shalt know IT am Gqd alone who can de- 0" peg C roy:thaſe;jwho would not obey me. 4 When thy Idols cannot fare "_ 0: my F thee out of the;Hands of thoſe" I deliver thee up to z then thou shall ey? Thy ice what now thou wilt not, that there is no Saviour but me, none vith thee, who can dcliver from all Evil, and who can enrich with all Bleling; | 6D ortune who can pardon Sin, and faye the Sinner. | ww i ok n ſedi 5 © 1did know b thee c inthe wilderneſs d, * in the ine bes
boam the
between wh an Imterregiy lent People, ;
land of - gteat drought e. ELYE " b Owned, took care of, guided and fupplied.'\.c O Jſrael, in thy Fay; thers. d Through which for forty Years together thou waſt movi%
Goodneſs and Power gave thee, throvgh thoſe many Deſerts thou”
| ver did{t want. - e In the parched Sands where no refreshing 510 11 I gay ers, 90-Rivers or Springs of Water to ſuffice ſo many Cattel and Me Way p | where thou wentelt as 'twere through Flames, and on Sands ſcorching f A po $
as Embers of a Fire, a Place fit for none but firy Serpents or Salama ders (if, any ſuch). | ; 6 ; 6 According, to their paſture f, ſo were they filled;
they were filled þ, and their heart was exalted 5 : there-
10Þ. & The h God was an better pleaſed oven, and *t + / 0! read the |
6 "he gry Beaſts eat to Exceſs, run into Luxury and Riot 3 Epicure 1, Charge to confirm .it, I ſay, the thus luxurioully lived, or elſe *tis elliptical, and to be-made our FA Anil .ſo ſoon as they were filled ; and'thus*twill be parallel to _ Fa entertallee high Thoughts of their Progenitors Worth, their 'Noblenels by 5 ſcent, their Worthineſs and Righteouſmeſs above other ha” thought of God as of Man, that he proportioned his Bleſhngs ww Excellency was found in thoſe he did Good to. So they have i0rs $ ten me, who found them in Slavery, Poverty, Reproach and — Egypt, cut of which I ſaved them ; and they have moic Ie ol made them Gods, worſhipped them,and with ſacrilegiovs Ut |, ne given.the Praiſe ot all I did for them ro dumb 1dut, 2h, warn'd them of it beforc-hand, Dez1.6.1 1,12.and $.13:14«
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