Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 4:19

19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them , and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

(i. e.) Strongly enclined, and in a manner constrained partly by the glory of these heavenly bodies, which may seem to be made for higher purposes than to inlighten this lump of earth; partly from that natural propension which is in men to Idolatry. Or, shouldest be driven or thrust, to wit, out of the way of the Lord, (as it is more fully expressed, Deut. 13. 5.) or, be seduced, or led aside, as silly sheep easily are, and worship them. Or, shouldest be cast down, or throw down thy self and worship them, i. e. Worship them by falling down before them.

Which are not Gods, but Creatures, made not for the worship, but for the use of men, yea, of the meanest and most barbarous people under Heaven, and therefore cannot without great absurdity be worshipped, especially by you who are so much advanced above other Nations in Wisdome and Knowledge, and in this, that you are my peculiar people.

Marginal references: Chap. 17. 3. Jo[illegible: 1+ letters] 31. 27.; Gen. 2. 1.; Or, [illegible: 1 word] ▪