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Epift. of Jer. xiv. And he that cannot put to Death one that offendeth him, holdeth a Scepter as though he were a fudge of the Country: He hath alfo in his right Hand a Dagger, and an Ax, but cannot deliver bimfelf from War and Thieves- Ver. 41. Who if they fee one dumb that cannot speak, they bring him, and entreat Bel that he may speak.

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Gen. xiv. 5. And he fmote the Rephaims in Afhteroth Karnaim.

Chap. xv. 13. And he (God) faid unto Abraham, Know of a Surety, that thy Seed. -fhall be a Stranger in a Land THAT IS not theirs-four hundred Years. Ver. 16. But、 in the fourth Generation they fhall come hither, for the Iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Chap, xxxv. 2. Then Jacob faid unto kis Houfhold, and to all that WERE with him, Put away the frange Gods that ARE among you, and be clean, and change your Garments. Ver. 4. And they gave unto Jacob all the ftrange Gods which wERE in their Hand, and ALL THEIR Earrings which

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WERE in their Ears, and Jacob hid them under the Oak.

Exod. xx. 3. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Ver. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image, nor any Likeness OF ANY THING that Is in Hea-. ven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the Water under the Earth. Ver. 5. Thou shalt not bow thy felf unto them, nor ferve them.

Ex. xxiii. 24. Thou shalt not bow down to their Gods, nor ferve them, nor do after their Works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their Images.

Lev. xviii. 3. After the Doings of the Land of Canaan, whither I bring you, fhall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their Ordinances. Ver. 21. And thou shalt not let any of thy Seed pass through THE FIRE to Moloch. Ver. 27. For all thefe Abominations have the Men of the Land done, which WERE before you, and the Land is defiled.

Chap. xix. 4. Turn ye not unto Idols, nor make to your felves molten Gods. Ver. 27. Ye shall not round the Corners of your Heads, neither halt thou mar the Corners of thy Beard. Ver. 28. Ye shall not make any Cuttings in your Flesh for the Dead, nor print any Marks upon you. Ver. 31. Re

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gard not them that have familiar Spirits, neither feek after Wizards.

Chap. xx. 2. Whosoever giveth ANY of his Seed unto Moloch be fhall furely be put to Death. Ver. 6. And the Soul that turneth after fuch as have familiar Spirits, and after Wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even fet my Face against that Soul. Ver. 27. A Man alfo, or Woman, that bath a familiar Spirit, or that is a Wizard, fhall furely be put to Death.

Lev. xxvi. 1. Ye shall make no Idols, nor graven Image, neither rear you up a standing Image, (or, PILLAR,) neither shall ye fet up ANY Image of Stone (or, FIGURED STONE, Heb. A STONE OF PICTURE) in your Land, to bow down unto it.

Numb. xiii. 32. Is a Land that eateth up the Inhabitants thereof

Deut. i. 28. —The People is greater and taller than we, the Cities ARE great, and walled up to Heaven: and moreover, we have feen the Sons of the Anakims there.

Chap. vii. 5. Ye shall deftroy their Altars, and break down their Images, (STATUES, or PILLARS,) and cut down their Groves, and burn their graven Images with Fire; Ver. 25. Thou shalt not defire the Silver nor Gold THAT IS upon them, &c.

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Chap. xii. 2. Ye fhall utterly deftroy all the Places wherein the Nations which yè fhall poffefs (or, INHERIT) ferved their Gods, upon the high Mountains, and upon the Hills, and under every green Tree. Ver. 3. And thou shalt not overthrow (Heb. BREAK DOWN) their Altars, and break their Pillars, and burn their Groves with Fire: and you shall hew down the graven Images of their Gods, and deftroy the Names of them out of that Place.

Deut. xviii. 10. There fhall not be found among you ANY ONE that maketh his Son or his Daughter pass through the Fire, OR that ufeth Divination, OR an Obferver of Times, or an Enchanter, or a Witch, or a Charmer, or a Confulter with familiar Spirits, or a Wizard, or a NecromancerBecause of thefe Abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before theefor thefe Nations which thou shalt poffefs (or INHERIT) hearkened unto Obfervers of Times, and unto Diviners.

Judg. iii. 6. And ferved their Gods Ver. 7. And ferved Baalim and the Groves. 2 Kings xvi. 3. He (Ahaz) made his Son to pass through the Fire, according to the Abomination of the Heathen, whom the Lord caft out.

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Chap xviii. 4. He (Hezekiah) removed the high Places, and brake the Images, and cut down the Groves.

Chap. xxi. 1. Manaffeb-did-after the Abominations of the Heathen, whom the Lord caft out-He built up again the bigh Places-He reared up Altars for Baal, and made a Grove, and worshiped all the Hoft of Heaven, and ferved them. He built Altars in the Houfe of the Lord.-He built Altars for all the Hoft of Heaven, in the two Courts of the Houfe of the Lord; and he made his Son to pass through the Fire; and he obJerved Times, and ufed Enchantments, and dealt with familiar Spirits and Wizards : and he fet a graven Image of the Groves that he had made in the Houfe (Temple.) 2 Chron. xxviii. 2. For he (Ahaz) made alfo molten Images unto Baalim, &c. Ch. xxxiii. 1. Ibid.-Ver. 6. And he (Manaffeh) caufed his Children to pass thro the Fire, in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom. -Ver. 7. And he fet a carved Image (the Idol which he had made) in the Houfe God (After his Return from Captivity.) Ver. 13. Then Manaffeh knew that the Lord he was God. And he took away the frange Gods, and the Idol out of the Houfe of the Lord, and all the Altars that he had built in the Mount of the Houfe of the Lord, and

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