A37046:289
The law unsealed
The law unsealed: or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow.
Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
We are now to clear the second question, If any worship may be given, and what worship is due to Images of any sort? and if it be not a breach of this command to give •ny religious worship to any of them? that we may answer.
1. Consider there was a twofold worshipping of Images even amongst Heathens, The first was more gross, when the worship was given to the Image, as being some Godhead of it self, thus some think the images of Baal, Ash•eroth, &c. and particular Images, that have special names, were worshipped, thus are men said properly to worship the works of their hands, this is against the first Commandment. 2. There was a worshipping of Images as representing God, and so the worship was gone about as a part of service done to the true God, such was (in conformity to the Heathens practise) the worship given to the Calf, Exod. 32. vers. 1. to 7. and such were the Groves and Sacrificings in the high places, 2 Chron. 32. 17.
1. Consider there was a twofold worshipping of Images even amongst Heathens, The first was more gross, when the worship was given to the Image, as being some Godhead of it self, thus some think the images of Baal, Ash•eroth, &c. and particular Images, that have special names, were worshipped, thus are men said properly to worship the works of their hands, this is against the first Commandment. 2. There was a worshipping of Images as representing God, and so the worship was gone about as a part of service done to the true God, such was (in conformity to the Hea•hens practise) the worship given to the Calf, Exod. 32. vers. 1. to 7. and such were the Groves and Sacrificings in the high places,