Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 277 ing andworfhipping before Images,facrificing Chrift again to his Father in the Mafs forfwearing Mar- riage ; living retiredly as feparate from the world ; multitudes of new prefcribed Rules and orders of life;vowing poverty; beggingwithout need;creeping to the Crofs, Holy water, and Holy bread, carrying Palms, kneelingat Altars, bearng Candles, Afhes In Baptifrn, Crofsing, Conjuring out the Devil, falling, fpittle, oil ; taking Pardons, Indulgencies and Difpenfations of the Pope ; praying tor the Dead, Perambulations, fervingGod to Merit Hea- ven, or to eafe fouls in Purg:itor_y ; doing Works of fupererogation, with multitudes the like : All there bath the Devil added to Gods Worthip, fo zealous a Worfhipper of Chrift is he, when he takes that way. Read Mr. Herberts Church Militant ofRome, pag. 18$, 189, 19o. I could trace this Deceiver yet further, and tell you wherein when he could not hinder Reformation in Luthers days, he would needs over-do in Reforming ! But O how fad an example of it have we before our eyes in England! Never people on earthmore hot upon Reforming I Never any deeper engaged for it, The Devil could not hinder it by fire and fword; when he fees that, he will needs turn Reformer, as I laid before and he gets the Word, and crys down Antichrifl, and crys up Reformation , till he bathdonewhat we fee ! He bath made a babelofour work, by confounding our languages ; For though he will be for Reformation too, yet his name is Legion , he is an Enemy to the one God, one Mediator and Head, one Faith and one Baptifm , one heart, and lip, and one way. Unity is the chief Butt that he (hoots at. Is Bap- X 3 tiff
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