They have made many Altars

They have made many Altars.

Whatever is made by man in a religious worship it is rejected of God, there must be nothing of man's making in divine worship. The very spirit and life of the second Commandment consists in this, You shall not make to yourself any graven image. That's one instance in the matter of worship, but by that we are to understand anything in divine worship, we must not make to ourselves; (I say) there lies the very life, and the very spirit of the second Commandment — the making to ourselves. If God will appoint ceremonies significant to put us in mind of heavenly things, and stir up our hearts on high, we are to use them with reverence and respect; but if we will presume to do things as God has done, that's the ground of all superstitious ceremonies, because they find God makes some, they think that they may presume to make others to imitate God. Now it is a sin against the second Commandment for us to presume to make anything in matters of divine worship.