V E R. 15. Ephefians,'C'hap.i 295 fore-thewmg things to come , but as theywere a worldly or carnal! elementary kmdcof inftrudion; or as they were fenfibletrainingsof them, to which God did condefcehd, becaufc it was the baby-age of theChurch , wherein men were carnall in great meafure , but in little meafure fplrituall. True it is , Gods worfhip is for the fubitance of it fpirituall, and was alwayes ; but for the mahnerofit, it was carnal!, that is, standing of fenfible and flefhly obfervations, which God did prefcribe, not as limply delighted in them, but as accómodating him- felfto the childifh condition of the Church ih thofe times: This was thewifdom of God, in training the minorityofhis people. The ufe of them remaineth in liberty, without thefe formal( re- In what rarer fpects, with thefe three limitations : LegaRCere- a. To open a door of Edification. monies might be pled after l' 2. To avoid fcandali of the weaker. Christ. - 3. To keep the dietime , till refraétory wilfulnefle, rather then teachable infirmity, craveth their continuance. Ceremonies for Order are abolifhed, this generali remaining, that allthings be done in Order ; it being in the power óf the Church, to conclude minilleriall Rites tending to Order. Now for the Reafons of their removal!: 2. z. Theends of thefe Laws are ceafed ; if Reafon is the foul of Reafons of re- a Law, look thenas whena foul departeth, the body dyeth; g,üxs e. fo when the Reafon ceafeth, the Law is abolifhed. :.They were givenbut for a time: Now a Law giventoacertain time; the Law, when that date expireth , is a nullity, every thing runneth asbefore, it is a dead thing tillit be quickned,' till the timeofcorreéìion, &c. 3.The natureof them,theywere fhadows; when the Sun rifeth, fhadows areeclipfed : The (tare ofus in minority,might re- quire them,but.men at years needno Guardian. The life is to let us fee the Lords indulgencie to us, and it fhould Yje r: binde us to moft free fervice : Circumcif ion , Sacrifices, infinite Be the more heartyin fpi- circumftances they were eyed unto to obferve , which we are ritvanwormip freed of. Secondly, it letteth us feethe Laws liberty to changehis fervices; y, not that God becohiethanother,becaufe his fervice onewhilenis thus,. Liberty of another thus: As if a.ftripling have a difeafe, the Phyfitian defcri- °d inch a- ging the forms both one thing; if when a grownman, he giveth another; his art is ofhùfcrvicc. confiant, though his prescript changeth : So God, in our infancie in one kinde he miniftreth tous, in out confiant and grown age; in ano- ther. And we owe him the reverence, how oft foever he fhall reveal himfclf thus or thus, toeveattendance. It dots confute thePapifls ,. as reverfers of the liberty by Chrift, 3. and fettei:s:upof that he bath palled down, intheir fervice letting up a Papas con- foolith imitation of theold worQiip doomed for leech,* Throughhrrfle/h;] that is, his manhood, in the dayes.of his flesh Jewabwormip and hismanhood : A Synecdoche; for this our nature-is an iditru- ment
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