And the Roman idolatry, and the magic, and auguries, and the divinations of the heathen priests, that had deceived the carnal Christians so far as to consent and comply with the heathenish idolatry, were to be like Sodom and Gomorra, utterly extirpated: (see ch. xiii. 11, and note [g].) And consequently that all the jollity and gallantry and populousness of that place was now at an end: (see note [b].) And the times of thy jollity (expressed by the nuptial lamps and solemnities) are now at an end, (see note [b].) And three eminent causes there are of this: first, luxury, which enriched so many merchants and made them so great; secondly, seducing other people to their idolatries and abominable courses by all arts of insinuation;