And then, Ephraim hath made many Altars to sin

And then, Ephraim has made many Altars to sin.

God still remembers the first and the chief actors in sin [Ephraim] he speaks to the ten Tribes, and yet only names Ephraim, because the Governors were of that Tribe. The chief in a family, by whom the whole family is corrupted, and the chief in a Town or Country, God has an eye upon them, and though others escape they shall not. Ephraim has multiplied Altars to sin; they intended not to sin, it was not their intention when they made Altars that they might sin, they thought they pleased God, but God accounts it [illegible], and a provocation to him.

And from there the note is only this: that whatever names we may give to things, yet (it may be) God will give other names and titles to them. We may say, that it is devotion, God will say, it is superstition; we may say, it's good intention, but God may say, it is presumption; we may say, it is prudence, and wisdom, but God may give it another name, and say it is temporising, 'tis time-serving. God does use to give other names to things than we do; in the Scripture they call their Images their delectable things: God calls them detestable things. No question if you would ask them why they built Altars they would say, to the honor of God; but says God, You built Altars to sin.