A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions…

1 When what is proper and Essential to God, is denied to him in effect, or practically; as wh •n he is not accounted Eternal, Omnipotent, one blessed God in three Persons: And thus men are guilty, either in Opinion or in practise, when they walk so before God, as if they thought him not Omnipotent, Omniscient, &c. And so Tit. 1.16. it is said of some, that they profess to know God, but in works they deny him.

2 It is broken, when any thing unbecoming the Holy Majes •y of God is attributed unto him; as that he changeth, favoureth profanity, &c. So Psal. 50.21. it is said of some profane men, that they thought him like unto themselves. These two may be called more general Idolatry; we shall speak f •rther to them afterward.

2 It is broken, when any thing unbecoming the Holy Majes •y of God is attributed unto him; as that he changeth, favour•th prophanity, &c. So Psal. 50.21. it is said of some prophane men, that they thought him like unto themselves. These two may be called more general Idolatry; we shall speak f •rther to them afterward.

3 The third way it is broken (considering the breach of this Commandment strictly) is by attributing that which is due to God, and properly belongeth to him, to Creatures; as trusting in them, c lling on them by prayer, accounting them Omnipotent, Omniscient, or believing that they have influence or power to guide the World, which some do attribute to Stars, to the Heavens, to Fortune, to Saints, to Angels, yea to Devils, this is properly Idolatry: And b cause it is the chief scope of this Commandment, and we are bidden expressly to keep our s lves from Idols,