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the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die;
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy
God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage. And all Israel shall hear and fear, and shall
do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.' Dent.
xiii. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.—I quote this remarkable passage, not
because I think the Christian dispensation allows of punishing
idolaters with death, but to shew how marked is the divine
abhorrence of this sin.
' And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your
images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols,
and my soul shall abhor you.' Leviticus xxvi. 30.—' Cursed be
the man that maketh any graven image, any graven or molten
image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of
the craftsmen, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the
people shall answer and say, Amen.' Deut. xxvii. 15.—' Thus
saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities
of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no
man dwelleth therein. Because of their wickedness which they
have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to
burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not,
neither they, ye, nor your fathers. Howbeit, I sent unto you
all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them,
saying, O do not this abominable thing that I hate. But
they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Wherefore my
fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are
wasted and desolate, as at this day.' Jeremiah xliv. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
—' And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ?' 2
Cor. vi. 16.—' For the time past of our life may suffice us to
have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasci-
viousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and
abominable idolatries^ 1 Peter iv. 3.—' But the fearful, and un-
believing, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore-
the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die;
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy
God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage. And all Israel shall hear and fear, and shall
do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.' Dent.
xiii. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.—I quote this remarkable passage, not
because I think the Christian dispensation allows of punishing
idolaters with death, but to shew how marked is the divine
abhorrence of this sin.
' And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your
images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols,
and my soul shall abhor you.' Leviticus xxvi. 30.—' Cursed be
the man that maketh any graven image, any graven or molten
image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of
the craftsmen, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the
people shall answer and say, Amen.' Deut. xxvii. 15.—' Thus
saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities
of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no
man dwelleth therein. Because of their wickedness which they
have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to
burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not,
neither they, ye, nor your fathers. Howbeit, I sent unto you
all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them,
saying, O do not this abominable thing that I hate. But
they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Wherefore my
fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are
wasted and desolate, as at this day.' Jeremiah xliv. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
—' And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ?' 2
Cor. vi. 16.—' For the time past of our life may suffice us to
have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasci-
viousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and
abominable idolatries^ 1 Peter iv. 3.—' But the fearful, and un-
believing, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore-