About conformity to Ceremonies. monies had,then.though they be but Ceremonies we mull not, except we would fin àgainfl Jefus Chrift and our confciences, we'muft not conforme to them ; for then they come to have forne worfhip in them, when they come to have fpirituall fiá nifications, and there is that put upon them by way of in&itu '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- fhip ;There's no Quellion 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 fùch Ceremonies, they had a fpiritual efficacie put into them, and an inftitùtión from them. And fo. for garments, for a Minifler to have a convenient garment, it's a naturalt 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 inititution that is,put up- on it by man Therefore obferve here, whatfoever Ceremo- ny is but natural and helpful in a natural way, their there fhQuld be no contention; we have no fuch cuflome, nor the Churches of Cod to contend about thefe, but if they come t have a Religious ufe put upon them, for fo it's laid in the Common -frayer -Booke ; To ftir up the dull minds of men,now, they come to be finfull, and therefore Chrift he obferved the Ceremony of the Terris as a naturáll helpe. And 2dIY, Chri11 opened his, mouth and fpake :-Opened -his. mouth you will fay, why is this mentioned ? . How could he fpeake elfe to them ? I anfwer, Firft, There is a fpeaking though there is not an opening of ones mouth ; In the i i . Heb: ,4. There the holy Chof1(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 witnell'e that hé was righteous, Cod teflifying of his.gifts : And by it he, being dead yet fpea- keth So there is a reali fpeaking as wv.11 as a verbali one; and
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