An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

Or others thus;¹ The Calves of Beth-aven: As if the Prophet should say, Set up as many Calves as you will, they shall not help you if you had a thousand of them.

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Or rather as I find some,¹ Arias Montanus with others, They are called the Calves of Beth-aven, because according to the example of the Calf that was set up at Beth-aven, ²their workmen did make other little ones, to be in their houses; like as Demetrius that was the Silver-Smith for Diana, made ⟨p. 383⟩Shrines for Diana's Temple, it was Demetrius's trade to make little kind of Temples in Silver, either to hang about their necks, or to be in their houses, or ornaments: So it was probable that the Calf that was set up at Bethaven had so much honour put upon it, as to have little things made with Silver or Gold according to their estates; perhaps for mean men, little things made with Wood; and Gentlemen with Silver, and others with Gold, like to those Calves, and so had them in their families; and therefore they are called Calves in the plural number. And if this were so, we might have a good Note from that:

Or rather as I find som,¹ Arias Montanus with others, They are called the Calves of Beth-aven, because according to the example of the Calf that was set up at Beth-aven, ²their workmen did make other little ones, to be in their houses; like as Demetrius that was the Silver-Smith for Diana, made