Baal
, love to see their Votaries cut and slashed, and shedding their Blood for them. Some of them, like the
Idol
in the
Apocrypha
, must have Treats and Collations prepared for them every Night. It has indeed been known, that some of them have been used by their incensed Worshippers like the
Chinese Idols
, who are Whipped and Scourged when they refuse to comply with the Prayers that are offered to them.
I must here observe, that those Idolaters who devote themselves to the
Idols