But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Once they turned aside, even slightly, from God's rule, they could not help but plunge into a labyrinth of errors. God justly withdrew His face from them, and without His watchful governance we run straight into idolatry and superstition, this is the wage of refusing to obey His word.
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When Israel joined itself to idols, God said, Let them alone. He withdrew His restraining grace, and they became so scandalously mad upon their idols as no people ever were. This is the saddest punishment of all, when God gives men up to their own hearts' lust.
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Commenting on Acts 7:42-50
God turned away, withdrew His presence and favours, and in righteous judgment gave them up to worship the sun, moon, and stars as punishment for their former sin. Since they would not retain knowledge of the true God, He justly abandoned them to a reprobate mind.
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