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A45340	Samaria's downfall, or, A commentary (by way of supplement) on the five last verses of the thirteenth chapter of Hosea wherein is set forth, Ephraim's dignity, duty, impenitency, and downfall : very suitable to, and seasonable for, these present times, where you have the text explained, sundry cases of conscience cleared, many practical observations raised (with references to such authors as clear any point more fully) : and a synopsis or brief character of the twenty kings of Israel, with some useful inferences from them / by Thomas Hall ...	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.	1660 (1660)	Wing H440; ESTC R18060	150,640	184

want a head If Israel cast off their true Soveraign they will chuse a false one rather than fail If they forsake Reh●boam the true heir they will have a Ieroboam though hee ruine them Tyranny is better than Anarchy and a bad Ruler better than none at all 4 Carnal men are very industrious to get and keep the Kingdomes of this world How doth Ieroboam bestir himself here Hee builds himself a Palace in Sechem and plants a garrison in Penuel hee invents a flesh-pleasing worship false Priests false Paths and all to establish himself as hee thought the faster in the Throne Now shall carnal men bee so industrious for earthly Kingdomes and shall wee take no pains for a heavenly one shall they labour thus for things that perish and thus eagerly pursue what they cannot keep and shall not wee labour for heavenly and enduring riches shall the Kingdomes of the Earth suffer violence and do the violent take them by force and shall not the Kingdome of Heaven suffer violence and wee bee more zealous for it 5 The Visible Church in this world is subject to many changes One while it flourisheth and anon it is clouded one while it is famous and anon it is infamous now it is united under a Solomon anon it is divided under a Rehoboam The seven Churches of Asia whose fame sounded thorow the world are at this day a desolation The Invisible Church the Elect of God shall never perish they shall never fall totally and finally because their seed abides in them But a Visible Church may fall away utterly and come to nothing Shee that was visibly the Spouse of Christ may become a harlot as Rome hath done 6 Great men if they bee not good men do abundance of hurt If Ieroboam the King bee an Idolater hee will infect all his Successors his Idolatry like an incurable Leprosie cleaved to all the nineteen Kings of Israel and they drew all the people with them Magnates sunt magnetes Great mens actions are all examples and their examples Laws what men see sinks deeper into them than what they hear Segnius irritant animos c. One sinner especially if in authority destroies much good It is the Rulers of a people that oft-times make them to erre Isa. 3. 12. The more potent the sinner the more mischief hee doth they have greater power and more able instruments at hand to promote their sinful designs Hence Ieroboam is never mentioned but with a train after him If a Ruler hearken to lyes all his servants will bee wicked they will do as the Master doth and think they do well Prov. 29. 1● 7 The Vulgar are very unstable No sooner are Ieroboams Calves up but Israel is down upon their knees Their worship follows immediately upon their erection How suddenly do men follow the Religion of their Rulers bee it what it will Like beasts they follow their Leader not considering which way they ought to go but looking which way their Rulers go 8 Ring-leaders in sin are abominable to God The Seduced that follow in simplicity are to bee pittied but the Seducers that wilfully mis-lead others should bee severely punisht How oft is Ieroboam branded with this ignominious Title to posterity for drawing Israel into sin with a This is that Ieroboam the Son of Nebat who made Israel sin The memorial of such wicked ones shall rot and bee as loathsome as dung upon the earth 1 King 14. 10. 9 Evil company is very infectious Israel sojourned in Egypt and made one Calf Ieroboam sojourned in Egypt and hee sets up two Ahaz going to Damascus to the King of Assyria the better to ingratiate himself with him hee brings from thence a new-fashioned Altar 2 King 16. 10 11 12. When people are mingled amongst the Heathen then they learn their works Psal. 106. 36. 10 Superstition is a sottish thing Jer. 10. 8 14. It puts out the eye of Reason before it makes men Idolaters it unmans men As the Syrians were first blinded and then carried into the midst of Samaria So are Idolaters first bereft of their wits and common sense and then they fall to worship Calves Stocks Stones Bones Reliques Cats Dogs Crocodiles Hawks Sun Moon Onions Leeks What more brutish than a Calf none but hee who ascribes reason help and divinity to such unreasonable things Many think they worship God under such forms but hee expresly tells them they worship Devils 2 Chron. 11. 15. So Deut. 32. 17. Psal. 106. 37. 1 Cor. 10. 20. 11 Superstition is lavish Ieroboam sets not up Iron or Brazen but Golden Calves not doth hee onely gild them over but they must bee made of massie molten Gold cast into the fashion of Calves The basest metal is too good for such gods but the best of metals must make them Exod. 32. 3. Ier. 10. 4 9. Dan. 3. 1. Hosea 8. 4. Hab. 2. 19. Idolaters spare no cost about their Idols They lavish gold out of the bag and wastfully spend their treasure upon these worthless vanities Isa. 46. 6. Exod. 32. 3. Ezek. 16. 33. Hos. 8. 4. They neglect yea carve and cut their bodies to serve their Idols Col. 2. 23. 1 King 18. 28. and spend whole daies in their service vers 29. and which is more they will offer their very children in sacrifice to them Psal. 106. 37. Ezek. 16. 27. 12 Will-worship is no worship in Gods esteem Ieroboam here sets up a Temple an Altar Ceremonies and Priests of his own devising but God rejects them all and tells them that for all their Temple they had forgotten him and provok'd him to wrath with their abominations Hos. 8. 14. God cannot indure that men should set their Altars by his Altars and their thresholds by his thresholds Ezek. 43. 8. Idolaters think they do God good service when all their service incenseth him Ezek. 6. 9. Isa. 7. 11 to 16. 13 No mercies can work on wicked men Let favour be shewed to them yet they will not learn righteousness Isa. 26. 20. God raiseth Ieroboam from a servant to be King of Israel sends the Prophet Abijah to tell him how hee should walk and prosper 1 King 14. 7. but he ungratefully forsakes the God of his mercies and falls down to golden Calves and worships them One would think the more men had the better they should bee and the more wages they had the more work they should do but such is the corruption of our natures that usually the more wee have the worse wee bee the higher in honour the further from God When Gods people are once become Lords then they refuse to come near him Ier. 2. 31. Like Esops Hen the better shee was fed the worse shee laid Fulness breeds forgetfulness when Ephraim was fed in a fat pasture hee grows proud and forgets God Hos. 13. 6. 14 Wicked men are obstinate and incorrigible No judgement works on Jeroboam let his hand wither the Altar rend