Ver. 5. _Covetousness, which is Idolatry._

+I. In its essence.+--It is putting the creature in the place of the

Creator, and giving it the worship due to God alone.

+II. In its practice.+--Body and soul are consecrated to the service

of mammon.

+III. In its punishment.+--Idolatry is a sin peculiarly obnoxious to

God--is not merely the breach of His law, but treason against His

government. God deprives the covetous of his idol at last, and sends

him treasureless into the unseen world, wrecked and ruined, to endure

the wrath to come.--_Preacher's Magazine._