An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Secondly, When he spake, when he first mentioned the business in the Alteration of Religion, this it's like caused ¹more trembling than the other: What is that Jeroboam spake? That now they were not to go up to worship at Jerusalem, God did not stand upon such things, No, they might save that long journey; and so there was a Calf ⟨p. 424⟩set up at Dan and Bethel, and they must go and worship there: This was a mighty alteration in the matters of Religion. And surely when this was mentioned first to the People there could not but be great trembling, the spirits of the godly to be sure they would tremble at such a motion, they would look upon it as a most dreadful Curse of God upon the Kingdom, that there should be such a change in the matters of Religion, from the Truth to that which is False; and even others too, there was a general trembling, for men have some kind of conscience of Religion and of worshipping God, this was so flat against the Word, that where there was but any Conscience of God they could not but have some fear, they could not tell what might come of it, and therefore there could not but be a very great concussion of spirit in the People of the Land, to tremble at such a strange kind of thing as this was: at first it was so; But yet afterwards they had dead spirits, that he might do with them what he would, and so joined with Jeroboam, and joined with Ahab, and sinned more and more. From this speaking and trembling, you have these Notes.

Secondly, When he spake, when he first mentioned the business in the Alteration of Religion, this it's like caused ¹more trembling than the other: What is that Jeroboam spake? That now they were not to go up to worship at Jerusalem, God did not stand upon such things, No, they might save that long journy; and so there was a Calf ⟨p. 424⟩set up at Dan and Betbel, and they must go and worship there: This was a mighty alteration in the matters of Religion. And surely when this was mentioned first to the People there could not but be great trembling, the spirits of the godly to be sure they would tremble at such a motion, they would look upon it as a most dreadful Curse of God upon the Kingdom, that there should be such a change in the matters of Religion, from the Truth to that which is False; and even others too, there was a general trembling, for men have some kind of conscience of Religion and of worshiping God, this was so flat against the Word, that where there was but any Conscience of God they could not but have som fear, they could not tel what might come of it, and therefore there could not but be a very great concussion of spirit in the People of the Land, to tremble at such a strange kind of thing as this was: at first it was so; But yet afterwards they had dead spirits, that he might do with them what he would, and so joyned with Jeroboam, and joyned with Abab, and sinned more and more. From this speaking and trembling, you have these Notes.