,c. you will never give men Liberty to forbear them. And- when godly Minillers will not be conformable to your will, you mull ; fence them, lea they draw the people from you. And fo the ignorant mull be left in their ignorance, and the prophane in their prophanefs, and the godly in their forrows for want of their faithful Teachers, and the ordinances, of grace. N g. 18. Rcaf.16. And then it will follow, that ignorant, idle,, ungodly Miniflers mull be taken in to fupply their rooms : For ifthe belt difobey you, yóuwill think y our felves neceffitated to take fuel as will obey you. And fo God (hall be difhonoured, his word and work.abufed, Ms people grieved, his enemies encou- raged, the wicked hardened, and the unworthy Minillers them- felves undone and deftroyed ; and all for a few unneceffary cc- remonies ofyoúr vain invention. . 6. 19. Reáf. 17. And now it were more unexcufable then ayer before, to Irnpofe fuck unneceffary burdens on theRChur- ches, when we have .lo lately fees and felt the fad and miferable al'fec`ts offuch impofirions. We are fcarce out of the fire, that this firaw and rubbifh kindled in this land. We are the men that have teen the Churches divided by them, and the preachers call out for them, and perfecution occalioned by them, and the Nation hereupon corrupted with uncharitablenefs, the Bifhops aga.ina the people, and the , eople againft "the Bifhops ; and war and mifery hence arifing. And ye. fhall we return to thecccafg- on ofour mifery, and that while we confefs ir to 'be a needlefs thing ? 4. 20. Real. 18, Yea thiscourfe is like to kindle and'maintain Divi fions between the Churches of feveral Nations, as well as nrnong ehofe that are under the fame government. For either youwill haveall the Chriaian world to join with you in your Myítical and unneceffary Ceremonies, or not All cannot be expeted to join with you : For 1. The world will never agree in fuch humane unneceffary thing`. z. There is no uni- verfal governor to Impofe one Law of Ceremonies on all the. Churches. Chrifl only is the univerfal King and Head : and he bath done. his part already. If you will have more univerfal Laws, you mull firll have another univerfal King or Head. Ord there is none fuck. Only the Pope and a General Council pretend ,.
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