Baxter - BV649 B3 1670

. i9 o overcharge net every errötßr. not his tongue from the reproaching of hisbrothers different wayof wörlhip, may prove the greatefh Offendor of all. It would move a charitable underítanding hearer to grief andpity, to read and hear one party call all prayer by habit, no better than crudities, rchinings , bold talking to God and nonfenee ; and whatfoever bitter fcorn can fpeak : And to read and hear many on, the other extreme, tó call the Liturgy, no lefs than Idolatry I defire the Reader to perufe a judicious Trea- tile of Mr. Tombes in anfvver to one of this Ian- guage : As much as he and I have written ad ,ainft each others opinion about Infant Bap- tifme, our concenting admonitiontoyou íhould fo much the rather be accepted in this. And what pitiful arguments have they to prove thischarge of Idolatry? Palle r orfhip of the true God is idolatry ad Nell its worfbipping a falfe god But filch is the Liturgy Ergo --- This is all that thefe rafh preachers mull trouä ble the Church, and feduce men into a hating fa6tious zeal with. But what mean thefe men byfalfe 2vorfhip? Do they mean worfhip contrary to Cods zvcrd ? That is, which is finfeel ? And do. they mean All fachfinful xvorfhip or fore only ? If they mean all filchfinful worlhip, than thefe ztords' òE theirs are Idolatry; For they are part of their preaching, which is part of Gods wor f ip, in their .own fenfe : And it is falfe do trine, and tendeth to mens perdition. And fo theyand all falfe Tea- chers should be idolaters. By this they would turn all fins in worihip'into óne ö It is all Idolatry. is not every sonfiafed prayerfinfill, which hath un- meet expretiictis and difo'rdered and bath wan- dering

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