...images the propitious presence of the saints or celestial beings they represented." The commandment "Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or...that is in the water under the earth, thou shall not how down thyself to them nor serve them," has not always influenced .the minds or professing Christians....

...THY GOD, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage." " Thou shalt have no other gods before me." " Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image," Sac. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain," &,c. " Remember the Sabbath day to...

...whatever we do in his serviee (m). Q. 107. Whieh is the seeond eommandment ? A. The seeond eommandment is, Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or...that is in the water under the earth. Thou shall not bom doKn thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity...

...shall swear. Italah. 45. 23. Therefore, prepare to meet thy God. 4. 12. Man's Accountability to God. I am the Lord thy God ; thou shall have no other gods before meKro. 20. 2, 3. Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Jer. 32. 27, Behold, all souls are mine...

...Heathen idolatry, which AZ wishes to hear more of, it may be sufficient to observe, that it is said, " Thou shall have no other gods before me : Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image," &c., Exod. xx. It appears from these two commandments, that whoever worships any being, besides Jehovah,...

...and have learned another lesson. We have been taught to revere the authority of HIM who hath said, Thou shall have no other gods before me. Thou shall not make unto thee any graoen image, or any likeness of any thing tkat is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,...

...worship and adoration. The first commandment in the law of God places this in a conspicuous light. " I am the Lord thy God — thou shall have no other gods before me." The scriptures often insist on this principle, indeed their great end is to reveal the true God and...

...Most High God, and to place in it the ark, enclosing the two tables of stone, in which was written, " I am the Lord thy God, — thou shall have no other gods before me ;" (ic the whole of the Decalogue.) " Further, it is acknowledged, that belief in prophecy precedes...

...counsel is of Moloch, and not of God, which proclaims a war upon charity and love. NOVEMBER 16. 7am the Lord thy God. — Thou shall have no other Gods before me. I. THE first thing which the text presents to our observation is that there is only one God ; that...

...explicit as they were. Nothing could be clearer or more cb'rect than such laws as these — " Thou shalt have no other gods before me, Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image." Yet no sooner had Moses, at their request, retired into the mountain as their mediator, to receive...