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the Men of Babylon made Succoth-Benoth, that is, as Learned Men are of Opinion, the Tabernacles or Temples, or if you please, Scenes or Theatres of Venus; and others of them burnt their Children in the Fire to their Idols: — so they feared the Lord and served their own Gods. The Application is but too obvious and easie; would you suffer your Friend or your Child to resort every day to a Pest-house, or a Place infected with any contagious and deadly Disease, whence you had seen many Persons carried out dead before you? If none would do this who pretended to be in his right senses, what excuse can be made for those who do worse, and are themselves frequently present, as well as suffer others to be so, at that place which is so nearly ally'd to hers which Solomon describes; |
the Men of Babylon made Succoth-Benoth, that is, as Learned Men Are of Opinion, the Tabernacles or Temples, or if you please, Scenes or Theatres of Venus; and Others of them burned their Children in the Fire to their Idols: — so they feared the Lord and served their own God's The Application is but too obvious and easy; would you suffer your Friend or your Child to resort every day to a Pesthouse, or a Place infected with any contagious and deadly Disease, whence you had seen many Persons carried out dead before you? If none would do this who pretended to be in his right Senses, what excuse can be made for those who do Worse, and Are themselves frequently present, as well as suffer Others to be so, At that place which is so nearly allied to hers which Solomon describes; |
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