Leviticus 20

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XX.—At what a terrible expence do Satan’s votaries readily serve him!—and shall I count any thing too dear for the Lord! Miserable is the state of a nation when the vilest idolatries, inhumanities, and abominations, break out; and especially when they pass unpunished: but corrupt nature is prone to evil; the commands of God are therefore enforced with the most awful penalties, and threatenings of death; and filthy pleasures infallibly issue in fearful punishments: nor are any more exposed to the severe indigestion of God than these processes are usually imitate the profane world. But honourable, pleasant, and profitable, is a course of universal holiness; especially amidst a multitude of temptations and examples to the contrary; and delightful is the study of it when God as our own God sanctifies us wholly, soul, body, and spirit; and thus forms us for himself, that we may dwell alone and shew forth his praise