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euliar genius ofcaeh language, bUl
i,
is oflcn ufed in a
of any mlO: by lhe law of Mofes, lhey were obliged
fynonymous fenfe wilh dialea.
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deflroy all lhe images they found, aod were foro
IDIOPATHY, in phyfic, a diforder peculiar
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a cerrain
bidden to apply any of the gold or film to lheir own
pan of the body, and not arifing from any preeeding
ufe, that no one might reeeive lhe lean prohl from any
difeafe; in whieh fenfe, it is oppofed
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fympalhelic.
thing belonging to an idol. Of Ihis the Jews, afler
Thus, an epilepfy is idiopalhie, whenit happens mere·
they had fmarted ,ror their idolatry, were fo fenfible,
Iy Ihrough
fom~
fault in Ihe brain; and fYr.Jpalhetie,
that they thoughl II unlalllful to ufe any velfel that had
when il is the confequence of fume olher diforder.
been employed in facrificing to a falfe god, to warm
IDIOSYNCRASY¡ among phyficians, denotes a pecu·
themfelves with the wood of a grove, after it was cut
liar temperament of body, whereby it is redered more
down, or tO lhelter themfel ves under its lhade.
liable
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eenain diforders than perfons of a difl'erent
But the preaching of the Chrifliao religion, where.
eon!!itulion ufually are.
ever it prevailed, enlirely rooted out idolalry
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as did
IDIOT, a perfon that is boro a natural fool.
alfo thal of Mahomet, which is built
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the worfhip
IDOLATRY, or the IVorlhip of idols, may be diftin·
of one God. Jt mu!! oot, however, be forgonen,
guilhed into two fons . By the firn, men adore lhe
lhat the prOtenant Chriniaos charge thofe of the church
works of God, the fun, the moon, the nars, angtls,
of Rome \Vith paying ao idolatrous kind of worlhip to
dremons, men and animals: by lhe fecond, meo wor·
the pia ures or images of faints and manyrs: before-
lhip the work of Iheir own hands, as lIatues, piélures,
thefe, they bum lamps and wax·caodles
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before thefe,
and the like: and to !hefe may be added a third, that
they bure incenfe, and kneeling ofl'er up their VOIVS
by which meo have worlhipped the true God under
and petilions : they, like the pagans, beliel'e that lhe
fenfible figures and reprefentalions. This indeed may
faint
tG
whom the image is dedicated, prefides in a
have been the q fe with rerpea to each of the above
panicular manner aboul ilS lhrioe, and works mirades
kinds of idolatry; and lhus lhe ¡fraelites adored God
by Ihe inlervenlionof ilS image
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and that if tbe image
IInder the figu re of a ealf.
\Vas denroyed or laken away, lhe faint would no longer
The lIars were Ihe firn objeas of idolatrous IVor·
perform any mirade in that place.
lhip
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and on aceount of their beauty, their influence IDYLJ..ION, in ancienl poelry, is only a diminutive of
on lhe produélions or the eanh, and the regularity of
the word
[<idoJ,]
and properly fi gnifies any poem of
their motions, panicularly the fun and moDo, which are
moderare eXlent, Wilhout coofidering the fubjea.
eonfidered as Ihe moll glorious and refplendent images
But as the colleélioo
o~
Theocrilus's poems were
of the Ddty: aflerlVards,
aS
their fentiments became
called idyllia, and lhe palloral pieces being by far lhe
more eorrupted, they began
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form imag.s, and to
bell in lhat eollcétion, lhe term idyllion feems to be
entenain the opinion, that by vinue of confccra!ion,
nolV appropriated to panoral pieces.
the gods were called down to inhabit or dIVcll in lheir JEALOUSY, in general, denOles the fear of a rival ;
llames. Hence Arnobius t;J;es occafion to rally lhe
but is moreefpecially underflood of lhefufpicion which
pagans :or guarding' fo carcfully lhe !!atues of lheir
maHied people eOlenain of eaeh, other's fidelilY aod
gods, who, if Ihey were really prefent in lheir images,
afl'ellion.
mighl fave their worlhippers lhe trouble of fecuring ]EDBURGH, Ihe eapilal of Tiviotdale or Roxburgh,
them from thieves and robbers.
in Scodand, thiny.fix miles foulh·eall of Edinburgh:
As to the adoration \Vhich the aocient p3gans paid
W.
long
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to thelIatues of lheir gods, it is cenain, that lhe wifer ]EDDO, lhe capital city of Japao Proper, fituated
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and more fenfible healhens eonGdered Ihem only as
lhe eall fide of the ifland: E. long.
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fimple reprefentations or figures defigned to recal to
The fplendor of the royal palace and public build·
lheir minds lhe memory of lheir gods. This \Vas lhe
ings of Ihis city, in lhe opinioD of lhofe Europeans
opinion of Vmo and Seneca: and the fame fentiment
\Vho have feen it, is no where ro be equalled. The
is dearly laid down in Plato, who mentains, lhat i·
emperor's palaee and gardens, which are in the middJe
mages are inanimate, and lhat
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the honour paid tO
of lhe CilY, are five miles in circumferenae. AlJlhe
them has refpeél tOthe gods whom they reprefent. .
h?~fes
arebuill.upon one fioor., and Ihe rooms.areonly
But as
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the vulgar, they \Vere llupid enough to be·
dtv.ded
by
foldlOg Ccreens.
lieve the natues lhemfclves tO be gods, aod tqpay
di· JEER,
or ]EER'R OPB, io a nJip,
i~a
large rop reeved
vine worlhip to flocks and nones .
lhlOUgh double or lrebl: bloeks,
lalh.edal the mafl.
Soon afr" the
Bood,
idol.uyfeems tO have been
head and on lhe yard,
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order to botll Or lower lhe
the prevailing religion of all lhe wodd; for where-el'er
p rds.
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we call our eyes at the time of Abraham, \Ve Ccamly
]E~~VA H, o~c
of the ,rcrrpture: names of
~od,
fig-
fee any thing but falfe lVorlhip and idolatry. And ir
OIfytllg lhe BelOg who ISfdf·exlllent and gll'es eXIII-
appem from fcriplure, that Abraham's forefalhers,
ence
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olher!.
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aod even Abraham himCclf were for a rime idolarers.
So greal a venerallon had the Jews for rh.s name,
Tbe Hebrews were indeed exprtCsly forbiddcn
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llJal. lhey left off lhe.
c~~om
of pronouneing ir, \Vhm·
make aoy repreCentation of Cod ¡ they were .nol
f~
?y
lIS
!rue prOnUnCl3l10n IVas fo.rgouen. They cal!
mueh as to look upon an idol : and from the lime of
It
l.etragrammaton, or lhe name wllh four lellers; and
the Maceabces tO lhe dellrullion of ]erufalem, Ihe
bel~eve,
rhat .lVhocver knows lhe Irue pronuoClattoo
J eW!
eXlended this precept
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lhe making the figure
of It eannol fad
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be heard by God.
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