[ 687] One sin never goes alone.
IEroboam being in the head of ten Rebellious Tribes,* 1.1 thinks it not safe that they should go up to Ierusalem to worship; his suspitious heart, no doubt, told him that Religion is a friend to Loyalty, and if they continued still to worship the true God, they would ere long have embraced their right King: What then? Rebelli∣on against the King must be attended with defection from God,* 1.2 his politick brain finds out two neerer, and, as he pretonds, fitter places within their own Territories, Dan and Bethel, there he sets up golden Calves for them, makes wodden Priests,* 1.3 and invites the people to worship them. Thus one sin ushers in another, one lesser draws on a greater; Cain's anger is seconded with murther; Ahab's covetoufness attended with cruelty; Peters denial backt with an Oath; And Ieroboam's rebel∣lion with Idolatry.