Spiritual PerfeHion. 3 1 i Soul , and is performed with attention and ardency. This is very difparaging to the Nature of God ; for it proceeds from the conceiving of him to be like themfelves, (who are not Heavenly and Spiritual) to be pleated with an Earthly Bodily Service. The introducing Thea- trical Ceremonies into the Service of God, is direEfly opppfite to the fimpli- city of the Gofl ), :° ices are made, that they leta gois upon the plainnels of Chriftian Worfhip , and make it more amiable and venerable , they are like the artificial Painting of natural Beauty, that corrupts and does not commend it. The produaions of Humane Minds are imperfea at firíf and are polifh'd, and arrive to perfeaion by degrees : But Divine Inf}itutions are compleat in their kind at fir[f, and the more they recede from their original, they lofe of their purity and perfeaion. How acceptable thole parts of Worfhip are , (not chafen and commanded by God) we may clearly under&and by con- fdering , that the enjoyning fuch new Rites , is a tacit prefumption that the Reafon of Man knows better how God fhould be honour'd than himfelf does and how unprofitable they are to us, is evident ; for being ufedwithout his War- ratnt and Promife, we cannot expea the X 4 cop-
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