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About
conformity
to
Ceremonies.
monies
had,then.though
they be
but
Ceremonies
we
mull not,
except
we would
fin againft
Jefus
Chrill
and our
confciences,
we'muft not
conforme
to them
;
for
then
they
come
to
have
force
worfhip in
them, whenthey
come
to
have
fpirituall
fiá
nifications, and
there
is
that
put
upon
them
by way
of inflitu-
'tion
;
But
if
there
be no more
in
a
Ceremony, then what
the
nature of
the
thing carryes with
it
to be helpful
in
Gods
wor-
<hip
;There's
no
Qe
lion but
theprudence of
men
is enough
for
the
ordering of
that
in it:As it's
a
natural helpe
for
people
when
they
come
to
hèar
the
word,
to have .convenient feats.
It's
a
natural helpe
fo
when
it's
but
ufed in
a-
natural
way,
but
now
kneeling
at
Sacrament, and
fuch
Ceremonies, they
had
a
fpiritual
efficacie
put
into
them,
and an
inftituìtión
from
them.
And
fo.
for
garments,
for
a
Miniller
to
have a
convenient
garment,
it's
a
naturali thing,
but
now,
if
they will
make
an
inftitution,
that
a
garment
muff
be
therefore
decent.
becaufe
it's
appointed
and
not elfe,
for what decenfie
is
therein
the
nature
of the thing, but
all
is
in the inflitution that
is
Tilt
up-
on
it
by
man
:
Therefore
obferve
here,
whatfoever
Ceremo-
ny
is
but
natural
and helpful in
a
natural
way,
their-
there
fliquld
be
no
contention; we
have
no
fuch
cuflome, nor
the
Churches
of God to
contend about
thefe,
but
if
they
come tt
have
a
Religious
ufe
put
upon
them,
for
fo
it's
laid in
the
Common-
Práyer
-Booke
; To
fir
up
the dull
minds
of
men,nowy
they
come
to
be finfull, and
therefore
Chrill
he obferved
the
Ceremony
of
the
(ewes
as á
naturall-helpe.
And
zdY,
thrift
opened
his mouth and fpake:-
Opened
-his
mouth you
will
fay, why is
this
mentioned
?
.
How could
he
fpeake
elfe
to them
?
I
anfwer,
Firfl,
There
is
a
fpeaking though
there
is
not
an
opening of
ones
mouth
;
In
the
i
i
.
ieb:
4.
There
the
holy
Ghofl
(peaks
of
a {peaking
without
opening
of the mouth
:
By
faith
Abel offered
-to
God
a
more excellent'
Sacrifice
then
Cain, by which he
obtained witneffe
that he
was
righteous,
Cod
teflifying
of
his-gifts
:
And
by
it;
he,
being
dead
yet
fpea-
keth
;So
there
is a
reall
fpeaking as
well
as a
verball one; and
fo