Question 54

Should we be careful to avoid idolatry?

Yes. Take heed, lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image,^a

And that in all the instances of it?

Yes. The similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast, or winged fowl,^b

And in all the approaches to it?

Yes. Make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth,^c

Is idolatry any infatuating sin?

Yes. They are mad upon their idols,^d

And a spreading sin?

Yes. For Asia and the whole world worshipped the goddess Diana,^e

Was it therefore necessary that the prohibition of it should be enforced and repeated?

Yes. For precept must be upon precept, and line upon line,^f

And is it forbidden in the new testament as well as the old?

Yes. That they should not worship idols of gold and silver, and stone, and wood,^g

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism (1752) on Q. 54, symbolics.dev/beddome1752/54

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