...before Me thou shalt have. ii. " Thou shalt not make to thee a graven image, " Nor any likeness from the Heavens above, " Or on the Earth beneath, or in the waters " Under the Earth; nor shalt thou bow thee down '"Fore them, nor worship them; for I, the Lord " Thy God, a jealous God,...

...which says, thou shalt not make unto thyself, any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the 'waters under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, i • In this transaction, we therefore...

...will find occasional records of whatever revolutions have taken place either " in the heavens above, on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth ;" — the scientific man will meet with notices of those improvements in the arts, which have gradually succeeded...

...to possess as his own pe. culiar property) any graven image: not the likeness of any thing in heaven above; or on the earth beneath; or in the waters under the earth." — The awful threat which could not fail to operate as a most powerful inducement follows — " Thou shalt...

...the earth." Exod. xx. 4. Here tho words image and likeness are used to represent the appearance of any thing in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. The Jews did not understand the words image and likeness to mean moral perfections, they could not think...

...in the most comprehensive terms: " Thou shall not make unto thee any likeness of any thing which is in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth." There is a reference to the images used by the Gentiles, which were of various forms, and were representations...

...production of strange many-coloured designs, having no prototypes in anything we know either ' in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth ; ' but having a spiritual significance which may either be revealed through the individual by whom...

...which says, thou shall not make, unto- thyself any graven image, or any likeness of any thing in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth: thou shall not boiv down thyself to them nor serve them. We here therefore behold a power seated in...

...forbidden in the word of God to " bow down to or before graven images, or likenesses of any thing in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth," and yet the Romish Church, which claims to be Holy and Catholic, commands all in its communion to bow...

...' Medals of Creation.' It is sufficient to state that the drawings there given bear no resemblance to any thing in the heavens above or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, nor to any fossil organism that has ever been discovered. At length the progress of investigation led...