The thirty fifth Lords dayes. (Book 35)
Verse 4. Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image, or the likenesse of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them, nor worship them, nor serve them; for I the Lord am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
VVE have here the second Command, and the sanctification of it. It concerns the means of worshipping God. It is expressed by Ne∣gation and Distribution of means, and description of the use, that is wont to be exercised about such means: The Distribution is taken from the places of the means, Heaven, Earth, Waters. The Descri∣ption is from the Adjunct of Adoration, or bowing down to them. The Sanction consists in a threat∣ning and promise, the nature and ratifying power whereof is expounded from the nature of God, I am Iehovah, thy strong God. This command is distingui∣shed