( 428 ) devifions, and perfecutions againft diffenters or at leaf!, to detiroy their charity, and make them have contemptuous thoughts oftheir brethren,and perhaps cenforious bitter words; when all is fal fe, and founded in their mifiakes. For who will not think hardlier of him that differeth from him, or oppofech him in a Neceffary point (or that he takes for fuch) then in a thing Indifferent ? the greater the matter, the greater wilt be your dit}afle.. § 4. Yea more, it will make men impenitent in fuch fins:. For ifonce they think their ceremonies to be Neceffary, they will think it no fin, but a fervice of God, tovilifie them that areagainfi them, as fchifmaticks, and fingular, and proud, and humorous, and what not ? 4.5, As therefore it is a haynous fin of the Papills, to im- pole their ceremonies,on pain of damnation (if they were the fudges,wo toothers,) fo is it no fmall aggravation of their fin, that pretend a Necef ity (of Duty or Means) ofany their Cere- monies, when there is none fuch. Multitudes take the keeping ofCliriftmas day, and fuch other, the Kneeling in receiving the Lords Supper, &c to be things of themfelves neceffary, fo that a Governour íhould fin that fhould alter or difpence with them, or the perlons fin that donot ufe them.what,fay tbey,¡h411wenor keep' aDvj for Chriffs Nativity P Jhallwebefo unreverent as not to kneel when we receive, &c t And thus they alter the things to themfelves, by feigning them to be in themfelves Neceffary, which arenot fo. §. 6.. Yet dothnot every fuch miliake ofanother,no not ofthe impofers, make thata fin tome which was indifferent. Other. wife all my Liberty were in the power ofanother mans conceits and he might makeall my meat,drink,cloaths,time,place,geflure, &c. infpecie, to be unlawful!,by commanding them as neceffary under fotne unfound notion : But this isnot fo, 7. But in fuch cafes, though they cannot fo defiroy our liberties, yet may they make it our duties fometime to for- bear that whichelfe we need not to forbear, left our practice make others take it as a Neceffary thing ; and fonaerime though we mutt obey or do the aQion, yet may it becomeour duty, to sgnifie< (ina convenient way) that we difclaim the conceitof aNeceífiry;.. C 1-1 A fÄ ..
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