Have ye not cast out, &c.] Chap. 11. 14. after the manner of the nations] Not after Gods prescript, whereby none but Aarons seed should be priests: but as other nations have no succession of priests, so nor you. to consecrate] Heb. to fill his hand. See on 1 Kings 13:33. seven rams] The law required but two rams at the most (Exodus 29:15; Exodus 29:19.) but idolaters and hypocrites are ready in externall rites to exceed, Numbers 23:1. Micah 6:7. Mark 7:4.