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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
A. No▪ they do not; for the use of Images in Gods Worship is expressly condemned in this Commandment; and if this would excuse the Papists, it had also excused the Israelites in worshipping the Cal•. Exod. 32.4. —And they said, these […] thy Gods, O Israel, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
A. No▪ they do not; for the use of Images in Gods Worship is expresly condemned in this Commandment; and if this would excuse the Papists, it had also excused the Israelites in worshipping the Cal•. Exod. 32.4. —And they said, these 〈…〉 thy Gods, O Israel, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Q. 6. What's the first Reason annexed to the second Commandment?
A. The first Reason annexed is Gods Sovereignty, I the Lord; which shows that it belongs to God only to institute his own Worship, and make it effectual; and therefore to do that in his Worship which he never commanded, is sinful and dangerous; Jer. 7.31. And they have built the high places of Toph•t, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.