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Now three ways God may be provoked about his worship:¹

Now three waies God may be provoked about his worship:¹

1. 1God may be provoked by sinful worship three ways.God may be provoked by sinfull worship three waies.

1. When we adore and worship a false god instead of him. Thus all the Heathens that worshipped the Sun or the Stars, and other creatures, they were guilty of gross idolatry. So the Jews, when they worshipped Baal-Berith, Baal-Phegor, and Dagon, and Ashtaroth, they did point blank thwart the first Commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

1. When we adore and worship a false god instead of him. Thus all the Heathens that worshipped the Sun or the Starres, and other creatures, they were guilty of gross idolatry. So the Jews, when they worshipped Baal-Berith, Baal-Phegor, and Dagon, and Ashtaroth, they did point blanck thwart the first Commandement, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2. Gods worship is corrupted, when we do indeed worship the true God, but not by such means and ways of worship as he hath appointed, but in such a manner as we in our imaginations think best. This God often doth caution against, that they should not go after the the imaginations of their own heart. Thus they set up groves and high places: Thus Jeroboam made a golden calf. They intended the solemn worship of the true God, but only they forsook the true manner of worship he had commanded.