[388] Alex. ab. Alex. lib. 6. cap. 4. Tyraquel. in illum locum.

[389] Macrob. Saturn. l. 3. c. 9.

[390] Vid. Macrob. Satur. l. 1. c. 18. It. Irenæum, lib. 2. cap. ult. Item, Origen. contra Celsum. l. 6. fol. 76. col. 3.

[391] Vid. P. Galatin. lib. 2. c. 10.

[392] Plin. in Proem. lib. 5. Hist. Natur.

As those forementioned Idolatrous names were nothing else but so many depravations of the name Jehovah: so the Original of many other ensuing kinds of Idolatry proceeded at first from a misconstruction of Scripture. They have learned by Tradition, that the Sun, Moon, and Stars, had a kind of Lordship and rule over day and night, times and seasons: Hence the superstitious ignorance of those people Deified those lights of Heaven, and worshipped them as gods. Afterward corruption prevailing, their Apotheosis, or god-making Ceremonies, were extended to sublunary creatures, partly as Symbola, or representative signs of those greater and more glorious lights; for this reason the Chaldeans worship fire: ‎‏אור‏‎, and Ur, of the Chaldeans, mentioned, Gen. 11. which signifieth fire or light, is thought to be the very god of the Chaldeans, though in that place the name Ur be applyed to some chief City, from the name of the Idol. Yea, the god of Nahor, Gen. 31. 53. is thought to be no other; partly, also the inferiour creatures were canonized for gods, in way of thankfulness for the benefits received from them, for which reason the Sea, the Winds, the Air, the Earth, and fruits of the earth, became deified. At last, well deserving men; nay, Crocodiles, Serpents, Rats, Cats, Dogs, Garlick, and Onions, were reputed gods.

CHAP. II.
Of Moloch, Adram-Melech, Anam-Melech, Baal, The Tabernacle of Molech, Chiun, Rempham, Horses consecrated to the Sun, Thamuz.

Of the Idol Moloch we read in divers places of Scripture, 1 King. 11. 2 King. 23. 10. Leviticus 18. 21. He is sometimes called Moloch, sometimes Molech, sometimes Milcom. He was the reputed god, not only of the Ammonites, but of the Moabites also.[393] He had his name from ‎‏מלך‏‎ Melac, signifying to rule or reign. The Seventy Elders translate him, ἄρχων, βασιλεὺς, a Prince, or King. Such King-Idols were Adram-melech, and Anam-melech, the gods of Shephervaim, unto whom that people burnt their Children in fire.

[393] Lorin. in Act. 7. ex Oecumen.