...venerated his works, they forgot the omnipotent Being who produced them, and ' worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator who is blessed for ever.' The sacrifices that are sometimes offered to these imaginary deities, make us shudder even at the thoughts...

...but how woful to engage in them, and like the men of Rome, change the truth of God into a lie, and worship and serve the creature more than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen. Punishment of Criminals. May 6. Saw a Chinese suffering punishment for having stolen...

...contemporaries, or to those who are now in a similar condition, we are •tartled and shocked to see them " worship and serve the creature more than the Creator who is blessed for ever." (Rom. i. 25.) One poor idolater bows to " the host of heaven ;" another trembles before an evil spirit...

...incorruptible God into images of the meanest and most contemptible creatures; and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever : The natural consequence of which absurd idolatry, and also the just judgment of God upon them for it was,...

...neglecting so great salvation, God should give us up to strong delusions, to believe such lies, and to worship and serve the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Secondly, Persecution. We all know, that at Lisbon the barbarous Inquisition reigned in all its horrors,...

...four-footed beasts, and creeping things ; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever." The number of deities multiplied in proportion as the light of reason and of science advanced ; and, as...

...four-footed beasts, and creeping things; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever." The number of deities multiplied in proportion as the light of reason and of science advanced ; and, as...

...1828. heathen mythology; and this it was that led them "to ' change the truth of God into a lie, and to worship and serve the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.' In viewing the false systems of worship into which a darkened imagination and a corrupt heart have...

...chargeable with spiritual idolatry; and therefore of such it is said in Holy Scripture, that they " worship and serve the creature, more than the Creator, who is blessed forever." The reasonableness of making it our chief end to glorify and enjoy God, is almost too obvious...

...there not being a natural man upon the face of the whole earth who does not, in one shape or other, " worship and serve the creature more than the Creator ; who is blessed for evermore r."] 3. How to hide from themselves their own deformity — [One would suppose that the impiety...