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obtainable through sacrificial suffering.— Heb.2:10.Ezekiel 16:15.But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, andplayedst the harlot because of thy renown,and pouredst out thy fornications on everyone that passed by; his it was.— The spirit offornication in a church is the desire to form aunion with any world-government (Rev. 18:9);this spirit was manifested to everygovernment.— Isa. 1:21.Ezekiel 16:16.And of thy garments thou didst take, anddeckedst thy high places with divers colors,and playedst the harlot thereupon; the likethings shall not come, neither shall it be so.—The high places are the tops of mountains, therulers or governments; there the churchdisplayed her greatest attractions, and inducedthe spiritual fornication of governments, to anextent never to be witnessed again.Ezekiel 16:17.Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of Mygold and of My silver, which I had given thee,and madest to thyself images of men, anddidst commit whoredom with them.— Shetook the Divine treasures of Truth, and shapedand distorted them into the form of traditions ofmen.Ezekiel 16:18, 19.And tookest thy broidered garments, andcoverdst them; and thou hast met Mine oiland Mine incense before them. My meat also,which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, andhoney, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast evenset it before them for a sweet savour; and thusit was, saith the Lord God.— The spiritual foodof the Word of God was spiced with humanerrors; such as Divine right of kings and clergy,immortality, Trinity and eternal torment,preached in a way to please the ruling powersand serve their unholy purposes.— Hos. 2:8.